Final Comprehensive Plan for Fiscal Year 1994 and Notification of the Availability of the FY 1994 Competitive Discretionary Assistance Program and the Application Kit

SUMMARY: The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention is

publishing this Notice of its Final Comprehensive Plan for Fiscal Year

1994 and Notice of the Availability of the Competitive Discretionary

Assistance Programs and Juvenile Justice Application Kit for Fiscal

Year 1994 (a separate publication of the Competitive Discretionary

Assistance Programs and the Application Kit is available in one

document from the Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse).

The OJJDP Application Kit contains the discretionary program

announcements, general application and administrative requirements, an

application form (Standard Form 424), the OJJDP Peer Review Guideline,

OJJDP Competition and Peer Review Procedures, and other supplemental

information relevant to the application process. To order an OJJDP

Application Kit please call the Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse, toll-

free, 24 hours a day, (800) 638-8736.

DATES: See Application Kit for Due Dates.

ADDRESSES: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, room

742, 633 Indiana Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20531.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Program inquiries are to be addressed

to the attention of the OJJDP staff contact person identified in the

application kit's program announcement. For general information,

contact Marilyn Silver, Management Analyst, Information Dissemination

Unit, (202) 307-0751. [This is not a toll-free number.]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with section 204(b)(5)(A) of

Title II of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974

(JJDP Act), as amended, 42 U.S.C. 5614(b)(5)(A), the Acting

Administrator of OJJDP is publishing a Final Comprehensive Plan

describing the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Programs

which OJJDP intends to fund during Fiscal Year 1994. This Final Plan

includes activities authorized in parts C and D of title II of the JJDP

Act (42 U.S.C. 5651-5665b).

The 1984 Amendments to the JJDP Act established Title IV, the

Missing Children's Assistance Act. In accordance with Section 406(a) of

Title IV of the JJDP Act, 42 U.S.C. 5776(a), OJJDP announced in this

Final Program Plan priorities for grants and contracts under section

405, 42 U.S.C. 5775, of the Missing Children's Assistance Act.

Application Requirements

See Application Kit.

Eligibility Requirements

Applications are invited from eligible public and private agencies,

organizations, educational institutions, individuals, or combinations

thereof. Eligibility differs from program to program. Please consult

application kit for individual program announcements for specific

eligibility requirements. Where eligible for an assistance award,

private for profit organizations must agree to waive any profit or fee.

Joint applications by two or more eligible applicants are welcome, as

long as one organization is designated as the primary applicant and the

other(s) as co-applicant(s). Applicants must demonstrate that they have

experience in the design and implementation of the type of program or

program activity for which they are an applicant.

Selection Criteria

All applications will be evaluated and rated by a peer review panel

according to announced selection criteria. Peer review will be

conducted in accordance with the OJJDP Competition and Peer Review

Policy, 28 CFR part 34, subpart B. General selection criteria for each

competitive program will determine applicants' responsiveness to

minimum program application requirements, organizational capability,

and thoroughness and innovativeness in responding to strategic issues

related to project implementation. Each competitive program

announcement may also indicate additional program-specific review

criteria and/or changes in points assigned to criteria used in the peer

review for that particular program.

Peer reviews will use the following criteria to rate applications

unless the program announcement contains separate, program-specific

selection criteria:

1. Statement of the Problem. (20 points) The applicant includes a

clear, concise statement of the problem addressed in this program.

2. Definition of Objectives. (20 points) The goals and objectives

are clearly defined and the objectives are clear, measurable, and

attainable.

3. Project Design. (20 points) The project design is sound and

constitutes an effective approach to meet the goals and objectives of

this program. The design provides a detailed implementation plan with a

timeline which indicates significant milestones in the project, due

dates for products, and the nature of the products to be submitted. The

design contains program elements directly linked to the achievement of

the project.

4. Management Structure. (15 points) The project's management

structure and staffing is adequate to successfully implement and

complete the project. The management structure for the project is

consistent with the project goals and tasks described in the

application. Application explains how the management structure and

staffing assignments are consistent with the needs of the program.

5. Organizational Capability. (15 points) The applicant

organization's potential to conduct the project successfully must be

documented. Applicant demonstrates that staff members have sufficient

substantive expertise and technical experience. The applications will

be judged on the appropriateness of the position descriptions, required

qualifications, and staff selection criteria.

6. Reasonableness of Costs. (10 points) Budgeted costs are

reasonable, allowable, and cost effective for the activities proposed,

and are directly related to the achievement of the program objectives.

All costs are justified in a budget narrative that explains how costs

are determined.

Introduction

The youth of America are our Nation's future. However, along with

increasing adult violence, the serious and violent crime rate among

juveniles has increased sharply in the past few years. At the same

time, a small portion of juvenile offenders account for the bulk of all

serious and violent crime. Simultaneously, the number of juveniles

taken into custody has increased, as has the number of juveniles waived

or transferred to the criminal justice system. Admissions to juvenile

facilities are at their highest levels ever, and an increasing

percentage of these facilities are operating over capacity.

Unfortunately, the already strained juvenile justice system does not

have adequate fiscal and programmatic resources to identify juveniles

at risk of becoming serious, violent, or chronic delinquents and to

provide appropriate prevention services or intervene effectively with

those juveniles who are already serious, violent, or chronic

delinquents.

A Comprehensive Strategy

To reverse national trends in juvenile violence, juvenile

victimization and family disintegration will require both a change in

national priorities and an unprecedented commitment by public and

private agencies, institutions, organizations, and individuals. OJJDP

has developed a comprehensive strategy to address serious, violent and

chronic delinquency. The strategy is based on OJJDP's review of

statistics, research and evaluation and focuses on promising approaches

in family strengthening, support for core institutions, delinquency

prevention, intervention, and treatment. Its implementation at the

State and local levels will require all sectors of the community to

participate in determining local needs and in formulating and funding

programs to meet those needs in order to prevent and treat delinquency.

[A Comprehensive Strategy for Serious, Violent, and Chronic Juvenile

Offenders, OJJDP (1993).]

This year, OJJDP will fund a variety of programs and projects to

implement the Comprehensive Strategy and foster community planning

efforts. OJJDP will work with a number of jurisdictions to test

mechanisms designed to assist communities to plan and implement

programs that address youth violence.

Communities engaged in comprehensive planning to address the issue

of serious, violent and chronic juvenile offenders will be supported by

OJJDP funding, technical assistance, information, and training

resources. As part of the current program development work on OJJDP's

Comprehensive Strategy, communities will be furnished a ``how to''

manual, providing a blueprint for assessing youth violence problems and

resources. An inventory of promising and successful program models to

help address the identified problems will also be provided to

interested jurisdictions. These resources will be made available to

cities and communities, including Weed and Seed jurisdictions, to

assist in the planning and implementation of coordinated efforts to

deal with youth violence problems. Program development work on OJJDP's

Comprehensive Strategy will also support the Attorney General's

national agenda for children by producing an early intervention program

strategy; focused on families and beginning with the prenatal period.

Program models included in the early intervention strategy will seek to

preserve and strengthen families that need support in providing

healthy, nurturing environments for their children's social

development. Educare programs that provide both child care help for

parents and education readiness opportunities will be featured.

OJJDP's Comprehensive Strategy is based on five key principles for

preventing and reducing chronic, serious and violent juvenile

delinquency. Each of these principles has as its aim either reducing or

identifying and controlling the small percentage of juvenile offenders

who are serious, violent and chronic offenders. These are stated below:

Strengthen families in their role of providing guidance,

discipline and strong values as their children's first teachers.

Support core social institutions, including schools,

religious institutions, and other local community based organizations,

to alleviate risk factors for delinquency and help children develop

their full potential.

Promote prevention strategies that reduce the impact of

negative risk factors and enhance protective factors.

Intervene immediately when delinquent behavior first

occurs.

Establish a broad range of graduated sanctions that

provides both accountability and a continuum of services to respond

appropriately to the needs of each delinquent offender.

OJJDP is also assisting Denver, Atlanta, Omaha and other Nebraska

jurisdictions, and the District of Columbia, under a Department

initiative, ``Pulling America's Communities Together'' (PACT) Program,

to address violence issues in these jurisdictions, in designing and

implementing short-term measures to reduce the incidence of violence on

our streets, in our schools, and in our homes. These measures will be

integrated with long-term strategies such as those described above to

address the root causes of serious and violent crime and delinquency.

OJJDP is also participating in a collaborative effort with the

Bureau of Justice Assistance in the ``Comprehensive Communities

Program.'' Under this program, cities or counties faced with high rates

of drug-related crime and violence will develop a comprehensive

strategy for crime- and drug-control which requires law enforcement and

other governmental agencies to work in partnership with the community

to address these problems in terms of the environment which fosters

them. Each strategy must include a jurisdiction-wide commitment to

community policing, coordination among public and private agencies

(including, social services, public health, etc.), and efforts that

encourage citizens to take an active role in problem solving.

Overview

OJJDP was established by the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency

Prevention Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-415), as amended, to provide a

comprehensive, coordinated approach to prevent and control juvenile

crime and improve the juvenile justice system. OJJDP administers a

State Formula Grants Program in 57 States and territories, funds over

100 projects through its Special Emphasis and National Institute for

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Discretionary Grant

Programs, and is charged with coordinating all Federal activities

related to juvenile justice and delinquency.

In addition, OJJDP serves as the staff agency for the Coordinating

Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, coordinates the

Concentration of Federal Efforts Program, and administers the Title IV

Missing and Exploited Children's Program, the Title V Prevention

Incentive Grants Program, and programs under the Victims of Child Abuse

Act of 1990, as amended (42 U.S.C. 13001 et seq.).

1992 JJDP Act Amendments

The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Amendments of 1992

expanded the role of OJJDP in Federal efforts to prevent and treat

juvenile delinquency and improve the juvenile justice system by

including three new priorities: strengthening the families of

delinquents; improving State and local administration of justice and

services to juveniles; and assisting States and local communities in

preventing youth from entering the justice system. The Amendments

encourage parental involvement in treatment and services for juveniles,

coordination of services and interagency cooperation. Seven new studies

are mandated. The Comptroller General is conducting five of these

studies: (1) juveniles waived, certified, or transferred to adult

court; (2) admissions of juveniles with behavior disorders to private

psychiatric hospitals; (3) gender bias in State juvenile justice

systems; (4) Native American pass-through under the Formula Grants

Program; and (5) access to counsel in juvenile court proceedings. OJJDP

is conducting the remaining two: (1) the incidence, nature, and causes

of violence committed by or against juveniles in urban and rural areas;

and (2) the extent and characteristics of juvenile hate crimes.

The JJDP Act Amendments of 1992 also authorize several new grant

programs to be administered by OJJDP:

Part E, State Challenge Activities, authorizes grants to

States participating in the Part B Formula Grants Program that provide

up to 10 percent of a State's Formula Grants Program allocation for

each of 10 challenge activities in which the State participates.

Part F, Treatment for Juvenile Offenders Who are Victims

of Child Abuse or Neglect, authorizes grants to public and nonprofit

private organizations for treatment of juvenile offenders who are

victims of child abuse or neglect, transitional services, and related

research.

Part G, Mentoring, authorizes three-year grants to or in

partnership with local education agencies for mentoring programs

designed to link at-risk youth with responsible adults to discourage

youth involvement in criminal and violent activity.

Part H, Boot Camps, authorizes grants to establish up to

ten military-style boot camps for delinquent juveniles.

Title V, Incentive Grants for Local Delinquency Prevention

Programs, authorizes grants to local governments for a broad range of

delinquency prevention activities targeting youth who have had contact

with, or are likely to have contact with, the juvenile justice system.

In FY 1994, two of the five new programs listed above received an

appropriation--Part G Mentoring ($4 million) and Title V Incentive

Grants ($13 million). These programs are not included in this plan, nor

are programs authorized and funded under the Victims of Child Abuse Act

of 1990, as amended.

Fiscal Year 1994 Program Planning Activities

The OJJDP program planning process for Fiscal Year 1994 is

coordinated with the Assistant Attorney General, Office of Justice

Programs (OJP), and the four other Program Bureau components of the

OJP. The program planning process involves the following steps:

Internal review of existing programs by OJJDP staff;

Internal review of proposed programs by OJP Bureaus and

selected Department of Justice components;

Review of information and data from OJJDP grantees and

contractors;

Review of information contained in State comprehensive

plans;

Review of comments made by youth services providers,

juvenile justice practitioners and researchers;

Consideration of suggestions made by juvenile justice

policy makers concerning State and local needs; and

Consideration of all comments received during the period

of public comment on the Proposed Comprehensive Plan.

Discretionary Program Activities

Discretionary Grant Continuation Policy

OJJDP has listed on the following pages continuation projects

currently funded in whole or in part with Part C and Part D funds and

eligible for continuation funding in Fiscal Year 1994, either within an

existing project period or through an extension for an additional

project period. A grantee's eligibility for continued funding for an

additional budget period within an existing project period depends on

the grantee's compliance with funding eligibility requirements and

achievement of the prior year's objectives.

Continuation funding consideration for an additional project period

for previously funded discretionary grant programs will be based upon

several factors, including:

The extent to which the project responds to the applicable

requirements of the JJDP Act;

Responsiveness to OJJDP and Department of Justice Fiscal

Year 1994 program priorities;

Compliance with performance requirements of prior grant

years;

Compliance with fiscal and regulatory requirements;

Compliance with any special conditions of award; and

Availability of funds (i.e. based on program priority

determination).

In accordance with 42 U.S.C. 5665a, Section 262 (d)(1)(B), the

competitive process described in subparagraph (A) of such section shall

not be required if the Administrator makes a written determination

waiving the competitive process:

(1) with respect to programs to be carried out in areas to which

the President declares under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and

Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) that a major disaster

or emergency exists; or

(2) with respect to a particular program described in part C that

is uniquely qualified.

In implementing the Fiscal Year 1994 Program Plan, OJJDP will

continue the process of developing, testing and demonstrating the

graduated sanctions concept throughout its programs, while also

maintaining an appropriate emphasis on Weed and Seed Sites.

For both new competitive programs to be funded at the

State or local level and new programs that provide funds to national

organizations to provide services at the State and local level.

Applicants are encouraged to provide services in Weed and Seed Sites

eligible for such services, as appropriate.

For continuation national project recipients, OJJDP has

already focused a variety of program resources on Weed and Seed Sites

and will continue an appropriate emphasis throughout Fiscal Year 1994.

For other continuation awards OJJDP, will negotiate with

grantees and task contractors to identify and ensure the provision of

appropriate technical assistance, training, information and direct

program services to Weed and Seed Sites, other jurisdictions adopting

the graduated sanctions program approach, and other eligible service

recipients.

OJJDP seeks to focus its assistance on the development and

implementation of programs with the greatest potential for reducing

juvenile delinquency and to cultivate partnerships with State and local

organizations. To that end, OJJDP has set three goals that constitute

the major elements of a sound policy for juvenile justice and

delinquency prevention:

To promote delinquency prevention efforts,

To foster the use of community-based alternatives to the

traditional juvenile justice system, and

To improve the juvenile justice system.

Delinquency Prevention

The first goal of OJJDP is to identify and promote programs which

prevent or preclude minor, serious, and violent delinquency from

occurring (and which prevent the commission of status offenses). A

sound policy for juvenile delinquency prevention strives to strengthen

the most powerful contributing factor to good behavior: a productive

place for young people in a law-abiding society. Preventive measures

can operate on a large scale, providing gains in youth development

while reducing youthful misbehavior. OJJDP programs encourage a risk-

focused approach, based on public health and social development models.

Community-Based Alternatives

OJJDP's second goal is to identify and promote community-based

alternatives for each stage of a child's contact with the juvenile

justice system, emphasizing options which are least restrictive and

promote or preserve positive ties with the child's family, school and

community. Communities cannot afford to place responsibility for

juvenile crime entirely on the juvenile justice system. A sound policy

for combatting juvenile crime makes maximum use of a community's less

formal, often less expensive, and less alienating responses to youthful

misbehavior.

Improvement of the Juvenile Justice System

The third goal of OJJDP is to promote improvements in the juvenile

justice system and facilitate the most effective allocation of system

resources. The limited resources of the juvenile justice system must be

reserved for the most difficult and intractable problems of juvenile

crime. A sound policy concentrates the more formal, expensive, and

restrictive options of the juvenile justice system in two areas:

Youth behavior which is most abhorrent and least amenable

to preventive measures and community responses; and

Problems of youths and their families which exceed

community resources and require more stringent legal resolution.

Fiscal Year 1994 Programs

The following are brief summaries of each of the proposed new and

continuation programs for Fiscal Year 1994. The specific program

priorities proposed within each category are subject to change with

regard to their priority status, estimated amount, sites for

implementation, and other descriptive data and information based on the

review and comment process, grantee performance, application quality,

fund availability, and other factors. OJJDP has a limited amount of

appropriations available for new programs in Fiscal Year 1994. New

programs are therefore being proposed with funding levels subject to

change.

A number of programs contained in this document have been

identified for funding by Congress with regard to the grantee(s), the

amount of funds, or both. An asterisk (*) indicates those programs. In

addition, the 1994 Appropriations Act Conference Report for State,

Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies identified 10 programs for the

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to examine and

provide grants if warranted. Concept papers were requested from these

10 programs. As a result, a number of proposed planned programs had to

be removed from the program plan. These programs will receive careful

considerations for funding in FY 1995.

Fiscal Year 1994 Program Listing

Delinquency Prevention

New Programs

Interagency Demonstration on Youth, Firearms and Violence.. $150,000

Mental Health in the Juvenile Justice System............... 100,000

Law-Related Education in Juvenile Justice Settings*........ 440,000

Innovative Approaches in Law-Related Education*............ 260,000

National Student/Parent Mock Election*..................... 100,000

``Just Say No'' International*............................. 250,000

Jackie Robinson Center (JRC)*.............................. 250,000

Parents Anonymous Inc.*.................................... 250,000

Youth Crime Watch*......................................... 50,000

Delinquency Prevention

Continuation Programs

Law-Related Education (LRE)*............................... 2,700,000

The Congress of National Black Churches:

National Anti-Drug Abuse Programs*..................... 200,000

Federal Interagency Partnership, Phase I (CIS)............. 200,000

Targeted Outreach with a Gang Prevention and Intervention

Component (Boys and Girls Clubs).......................... 400,000

Satellite Prep School Program and Early Elementary School

for Privatized Public Housing............................. 600,000

Teens, Crime and Community: Teens in Action in the '90s*... 1,000,000

Race Against Drugs......................................... 115,000

Missing Children

Prevention, Early Intervention, and Mediation Project for

Missing and Exploited Children............................ 75,000

Missing and Exploited Children Prevention and Services..... 75,000

Paul and Lisa Prevention and Intervention Efforts:

Expansion and Improvement of Non-Profit Organization

Projects.................................................. 75,000

Project Nin.6o Seguro Services--Addressing Missing and

Exploited Children........................................ 45,258

Community-Based Alternatives

New Programs

Program to Promote Alternative Programs for Juvenile Female

Offenders................................................. 200,000

Serious, Violent, and Chronic Juvenile Offender Treatment

Program................................................... 2,000,000

Field-Initiated Research Program........................... 250,000

Robeson County, North Carolina*............................ 337,075

Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania*........................... 50,000

Portland Summer Diversion Project*......................... 100,000

Douglas County, Nebraska*.................................. 67,055

PACE*...................................................... 150,000

Community-Based Alternatives

Continuation Programs

Permanent Families for Abused and Neglected Children*...... 225,000

National Network of Children's Advocacy Centers*........... 500,000

Professional Development for Youth Workers................. 200,000

School Safety Center....................................... 250,000

Juvenile Restitution....................................... 250,000

Insular Area Support*...................................... 403,000

OJJDP Technical Assistance Support Contract: Juvenile

Justice Resource Center................................... 650,000

Native American Alternative Community-Based Program........ 540,000

Missing Children

Community Action for the Prevention of Missing and

Exploited Children........................................ 125,000

Provide Services to Recovered Missing Children and Their

Families.................................................. 30,000

Improvement of the Juvenile Justice System

New Programs

Pulling America's Communities Together: Program Development 250,000

Violence Studies*.......................................... 1,000,000

Child Centered Community-Oriented Policing................. 300,000

What Works: Programs for Juvenile Female Offenders......... 50,000

Training for Line Staff in Juvenile Corrections and

Detention................................................. 250,000

Comprehensive Gang Program (Part D)........................ 2,000,000

Marketing the Conditions of Confinement Study.............. 100,000

Conditions of Confinement Follow-Up--Performance Standards. 250,000

Training and Technical Support for State and Local

Jurisdictional Teams to Focus on Juvenile Corrections and

Detention Overcrowding.................................... 100,000

Statistics Improvement..................................... 175,000

Intensive Community-Based Aftercare Demonstration,

Technical Assistance, and Evaluation Program.............. 750,000

National Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Training and Technical Assistance Center.................. 300,000

Telecommunications Assistance.............................. 200,000

Interventions to Reduce Disproportionate Minority

Confinement in Secure Detention and Correctional

Facilities (The Deborah M. Wysinger Memorial Program)..... 600,000

Non-Violent Dispute Resolution............................. 250,000

Models of Effective Court Based Service Delivery to

Children and Their Families............................... 250,000

Delinquency Prevention Training and Technical Assistance... 569,076

Seeds of Success--Log Cabin Honor Ranch*................... 150,000

Improvement of the Juvenile Justice System

Continuation Programs

Children in Custody........................................ 300,000

Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse............................. 1,016,740

Coalition for Juvenile Justice*............................ 650,000

Juvenile Justice Data Resources............................ 25,000

Juvenile Justice Statistics and Systems Development........ 275,000

Juveniles Taken Into Custody (JTIC):

Interagency Agreement.................................. 200,000

National Juvenile Court Data Archive*...................... 610,915

Contract for the Evaluation of OJJDP Programs.............. 652,341

Children at Risk........................................... 350,000

Delay in the Imposition of Sanctions....................... 100,000

Violence Study--Causes and Correlates*..................... 300,000

Training and Technical Assistance for Juvenile Detention

and Corrections (The James E. Gould Memorial Program)..... 225,000

Training for Juvenile Corrections Staff.................... 475,000

Improvement in Correctional Education for Juvenile

Offenders................................................. 199,963

Improving Literacy Skills of Institutionalized Juvenile

Delinquents............................................... 250,000

Juvenile Court Training*................................... 1,100,270

Technical Assistance to the Juvenile Courts*............... 389,943

Due Process Advocacy Program Development................... 250,000

Training in Cultural Differences for Law Enforcement/

Juvenile Justice Officials................................ 150,000

Bootcamps for Juvenile Offenders: Constructive Intervention

and Early Support......................................... 550,000

Comprehensive Gang Initiative.............................. 500,000

Missing Children

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children/Resource 3,600,000

Training and Technical Assistance for Nonprofit Missing and

Exploited Children's Organizations........................ 250,000

Model Treatment and Services Approaches for Mental Health

Professionals Working with Families of Missing Children... 200,000

Obstacles to Recovery and Return of Parentally Abducted

Children: Training, Technical Assistance.................. 250,000

Development and Expansion of the Child Find Mediation

Program to Locate Missing and Exploited Children and

Prevent Child Abduction................................... 75,000

ECHO Program Expansion Assistance.......................... 19,538

Missing and Exploited Children Comprehensive Action Plan (M/

CAP)...................................................... 999,905

Funding Support for Private Non-profit Organizations

Involved with Missing and Exploited Children.............. 70,500

Investigative Case Management of Missing Children Homicides 150,000

Missing Children Data Archive.............................. 50,000

Remember They're Children: Using Video to Train Law

Enforcement Personnel..................................... 200,000

National Alzheimer's Patient Alert Program: Safe Return*... 650,000

Delinquency Prevention

New Programs

Congress has appropriated $13 million in Fiscal Year 1994, under

Title V of the JJDP Act, for a new delinquency prevention program. This

program also supports OJJDP's Comprehensive Strategy by reducing the

onset of delinquency among youths who might otherwise have begun on a

pathway to serious, violent and chronic delinquency. Moreover,

``community planning teams'' will be established under this program to

conduct risk and resource assessments in order to determine what

delinquency prevention programs are needed for a particular

jurisdiction. In communities that are planning system responses for

serious, violent and chronic offenders, the work of these planning

teams will be coordinated with other system planning.

The following are some key features of this program:

Some 5,000 community leaders will be trained in the risk

and resource assessment process over the next few months.

Communities will then submit applications for Federal

funding for local prevention programs that the community leaders and

planning teams have determined are needed to prevent delinquency, based

on the community's determination of its needs and priorities.

Communities must provide a matching contribution and should establish

partnerships with the private sector, especially corporations and

foundations.

These prevention programs will include a number of multi-

disciplinary program approaches incorporated in the Attorney General's

national agenda for children:

--job training and employment opportunities,

--drug abuse education,

--after school programs, and

--other programs cutting across disciplines and linking schools and

social service agencies.

Other delinquency prevention programs are set forth below for which

communities engaging in comprehensive community planning can apply

directly to OJJDP for funding.

Interagency Demonstration on Youth, Firearms and Violence, $150,000

The unacceptably high levels of violent crimes, injuries, and

deaths in the United States among our Nation's youth are creating a

generation of victims and undermining the economic and communal fabric

of society. Firearms are a central part of the problem--for young

people 10 to 34 years of age, firearms are the second leading cause of

death. In 1990, more teenagers died from firearm-related injuries than

from all natural diseases combined.

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention in

partnership with the National Institute of Justice, and with the

Centers for Disease Control, seeks to develop a strategy for preventing

and controlling youth violence. From this partnership has come a

solicitation requesting proposals to design and implement a

demonstration program utilizing a problem-solving approach to

understand, prevent and control youth violence. The proposed

demonstration project would involve a partnership among the juvenile

justice system, a public health agency, and a law enforcement or

criminal justice agency within a target community. The funding for this

initiative is up to $500,000, including a $150,000 contribution from

OJJDP. For a copy of this separate solicitation, Interagency

Demonstration on Youth, Firearms, and Violence, call the National

Criminal Justice Reference Service, 1-800-851-3420, Box 6000,

Rockville, MD 20850.

Mental Health in the Juvenile Justice System, $100,000

This program would implement a two-pronged strategy to address the

mental health and juvenile justice systems' lack of coordinated and

adequate mental health treatment for America's at-risk and delinquent

youth. Juveniles specifically targeted under the two phased strategy

proposed are those with mental health problems and impairments,

including learning disabilities, who are at risk of becoming status or

delinquent offenders, and alleged and adjudicated status offenders and

delinquents with undiagnosed or untreated mental health problems,

including those in residential care or in juvenile detention and

correctional facilities.

The first phase would be funded in Fiscal Year 1994 to develop and

implement a two-day conference for up to 200 attendees to address the

topics of at-risk juveniles and juveniles with mental health problems

or learning disabilities in the juvenile justice system. The purpose of

the conference would be to bring together individuals from multiple

disciplines to discuss potential solutions to the failure to address

the mental health needs of at-risk juveniles and those in our juvenile

justice system in a coordinated and systematic manner. The conference

would recommend actions that community organizations and local, State,

and Federal agencies need to take to address this issue. The conference

would be developed in cooperation with the Centers for Mental Health

Services and Maternal and Child Health of the U.S. Department of Health

and Human Services, the Office of Special Education Programs, U.S.

Department of Education and components of other federal agencies, as

appropriate.

The second phase, to be considered for funding in Fiscal Year 1995,

would establish three to six demonstration programs at the State and

local levels to plan comprehensive, coordinated and collaborative

approaches to improving mental health services for juveniles.

Law-Related Education in Juvenile Justice Settings,* $440,000

This Law Related Education (LRE) Program (and the Innovative

Approaches program that follows) is established pursuant to Section

299(e) of the JJDP Act which provides that 20 percent of the funds

appropriated for the national law-related education program under

Section 261(a)(7) ``shall be reserved each fiscal year for not less

than two programs that did not receive funding prior to October 1,

1992.''

In 1990, OJJDP began experimenting with LRE for at-risk youths when

its consortium of grantees implemented the national LRE program in

schools. Interim assessments of this effort suggest positive effects on

youths. Administrators and staff of facilities and programs using LRE

with this target population have been extremely supportive of the

effort.

To expand and augment these initial activities, OJJDP funded two

organizations in Fiscal Year 1993 to provide training and technical

assistance in law-related education focused on youths in juvenile

justice settings. Fiscal Year 1993 awards were made to American

Correctional Association/New York Division for Youth and to the

Virginia Commonwealth University/Virginia Institute for Law and

Citizenship Studies for implementation of LRE in juvenile justice

settings.

Applications will be solicited for two new projects to be funded

under the initiative in Fiscal Year 1994. The program's major

objectives are to increase awareness of LRE in the juvenile justice

community; develop or adapt and disseminate LRE curricula and lesson

plans used to train youths under the supervision of the juvenile court;

provide training and technical assistance to teachers and others in the

juvenile justice system; increase public awareness of LRE in juvenile

justice settings; and develop an implementation model for future

evaluation of this intervention with targeted youths.

Innovative Approaches in Law-Related Education,* $260,000

The purpose of this initiative is to provide support for programs

to develop promising, innovative ideas for the delivery of law-related

education. The program encompasses the following objectives:

To promote and support innovative research, development,

demonstration, or training programs in the field of law-related

education;

To encourage new methods of focusing law-related education

on delinquency prevention within or outside the traditional classroom

setting; and

To develop knowledge that will lead to new techniques,

approaches, or methods to deliver law-related education for purposes of

preventing delinquency.

Fiscal Year 1993 awards were made to the Boulder County Colorado

Board of County Commissioners and to the Professional Development and

Training Center at the University of Maryland.

Applications will be solicited for up to three new projects to be

funded under this initiative for Fiscal Year 1994 for one year project

periods.

National Student/Parent Mock Election,* $100,000

The National Student/Parent Mock Election (NSPME) is an educational

exercise in American government and civic responsibility. It invites

millions of middle and high school youth to participate with their

parents to cast a ``mock'' vote on the candidates running for Office in

November, 1994 and on key issues facing the country.

The program is a law-related education experience that includes a

curricula that is highly interactive and concludes with the mock

election itself. The program is administered by a non-profit

organization which relies on an extensive group of volunteers to

conduct mock elections throughout the country. The vote on Mock

Election Night (usually one week prior to Election Day) will be

televised from a national election headquarters in Washington, D.C.

(During past mock elections, Cable News Network carried the election

results ``live.'') The program relies on a number of private and public

organizations donating facilities, equipment and expertise.

``Just Say No'' International,* $250,000

A grant to ``Just Say No'' International to expand its Youth Power

program to public housing projects in Oakland, California.

Jackie Robinson Center (JRC),* $250,000

JRC is a comprehensive program targeting at-risk youth which

provides education, sports and counseling services. This effort will

expand their recreational and cultural after school programs to

additional schools.

Parents Anonymous, Inc.,* $250,000

Parents Anonymous, Inc. will expand its national network of state

and local organizations which seek to reduce juvenile delinquency

through family self-help groups. The main focus of this program is to

prevent child abuse and neglect.

Youth Crime Watch,* $50,000

Youth Crime Watch of America is a widespread, comprehensive and

popular student-led anti-crime and drug problem. Youth Crime Watchers

are crime fighters, students K-12 involved in a crime prevention

movement BY STUDENTS FOR STUDENTS. The students are ready to do what it

takes to create a strong sense of pride, respect and citizenship, using

positive peer pressure to reduce crime in schools and neighborhoods.

This is a jointly funded program with the Department of Education and

the Bureau of Justice Assistance. This program will be expanded in 4 to

5 competitively selected Weed and Seed site and will be administered by

BJA.

Delinquency Prevention

Continuation Programs

Law-Related Education (LRE),* $2,700,000

The Law-Related Education (LRE) National Training and Dissemination

Program currently involves five national LRE projects and programs

which operate in 48 States and four jurisdictions.

The program's purpose is to provide training and materials to State

and local school jurisdictions to encourage and guide them in

establishing LRE delinquency prevention programs in K-12 curricula and

in juvenile justice settings. Grantees will be encouraged to emphasize

drug abuse prevention programs in primary, middle, and secondary

schools in urban minority communities. The major components of the

program are coordination and management, training and technical

assistance, preliminary assistance to future sites, public information,

program development, and assessment.

This program will be implemented by the current grantees, the

American Bar Association, the Center for Civic Education, the

Constitutional Rights Foundation, the National Institute for Citizen

Education in the Law, and the Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity. No

additional applications will be solicited in Fiscal Year 1994.

The Congress of National Black Churches: National Anti-Drug Abuse

Program, $200,000

OJJDP proposes the continuation of this organization's national

public awareness and mobilization strategy to address the problem of

drug abuse and a drug abuse prevention in targeted communities across

the United States. The goals of the national mobilization strategy are

to summon, focus, and coordinate the leadership of the black religious

community in cooperation with the Department of Justice and other

federal agencies and organizations to help mobilize groups of community

residents to combat effectively the supply and demand problems of drug

abuse and drug-related crime activities among adults and juveniles.

The program would be expanded to address family violence

intervention issues and target up to 10 additional cities. No

additional applications would be solicited in Fiscal Year 1994.

Federal Interagency Partnership, Phase I (Cities in Schools), $200,000

This program is a continuation of a national school dropout

prevention model developed and implemented by Cities in Schools, Inc.

(CIS). CIS provides training and technical assistance to States and

local communities enabling them to adapt and implement the CIS model.

The model brings social, employment, mental health, drug prevention,

entrepreneurship and other resources to high-risk youths and their

families at the school level. Where CIS State organizations are

established, they will assume primary responsibility for local program

replication during the ``Federal Partnership Program I.''

This program is jointly funded by OJJDP and the Departments of the

Army, Health and Human Services, and Commerce under an OJJDP grant. The

total award for Fiscal Year 1993 was $1,400,000. This project would be

implemented by the current grantee, Cities in Schools, Inc. No

additional applications would be solicited in Fiscal Year 1994.

Targeted Outreach With a Gang Prevention and Intervention Component,

$400,000

This program is designed to enable local Boys and Girls Clubs to

prevent youths from entering gangs and to intervene with gang members

in the early stages of gang involvement to divert them away from gangs

and towards more constructive programs. The National Office of Boys and

Girls Clubs would provide training and technical assistance to the 81

existing sites and add 25 new gang prevention and 6 intervention sites.

The program would be implemented by the current grantee, Boys and Girls

Clubs of America and receive an additional $100,000 FY 1995 funds. No

additional applications would be solicited in Fiscal Year 1994.

Satellite Prep School Program and Early Elementary School for

Privatized Public Housing, $600,000

This is a continuation of a demonstration program, in which OJJDP

supported the establishment of an early elementary school program in

Ida B. Wells Public Housing Development in Chicago, Illinois. This

program is a collaborative effort between OJJDP, the Chicago Housing

Authority (CHA), and the Westside Preparatory School and Training

Institute (WSP) to establish a Prep-School on the premises of the Ida

B. Wells Housing Development for kindergarten to fourth grade children

living in this public housing development.

The Wells Prep-School opened with kindergarten and first grade

students on September 14, 1992. In September 1993 a second grade was

added. The Prep-School has been established and operates as an early

intervention educational model based upon the Marva Collins Westside

Preparatory School educational philosophy, curriculum, and teaching

techniques. The Westside Preparatory School, a private institution

located in Chicago's inner city, has had dramatic success in raising

the academic achievement level of low-income minority children. Fiscal

Year 1994 funds will be used to continue the operation and management

of the school to continue technical assistance for the program and to

add a third grade. Awards will be made to existing grantees. No

additional applications will be solicited in Fiscal Year 1994.

Teens, Crime, and Community: Teens in Action in the 90s,* $1,000,000

This continuation program is conducted by the National Crime

Prevention Council (NCPC) and the National Institute for Citizen

Education in the Law (NICEL). Teens in Action in the 90s is a special

application of the Teens, Crime and the Community program, which

operates on two premises: (1) teens are disproportionately victims of

crimes, and (2) teens are resources that can contribute to improving

their schools and communities through a broad array of activities.

Under the Fiscal Year 1994 award, NCPC and NICEL will work through

the National Teens, Crime, and the Community Program Center to harness

the energies of young people toward constructive activities and to

reduce crime and violence. The Program Center will be enlarged to serve

as a formal clearinghouse for information and materials dissemination

and to provide technical assistance and training to communities in

establishing the program. With the increase in resources, NCPC will

significantly expand the number of communities participating in this

program.

This program will be implemented by the current grantee. No

additional applications will be solicited in Fiscal Year 1994.

Race Against Drugs, $115,000

Race Against Drugs (RAD) is a unique drug awareness, education and

prevention campaign designed to help young people understand the

dangers of drugs and live a non-impaired lifestyle. With the help and

assistance from 21 motorsports organizations and the cooperation of the

Federal Bureau of Investigation and National Child Safety Council it

has become a fun and exciting new addition to drug abuse prevention

programs. RAD now includes national drug awareness and prevention

activities at schools, malls and motorsports events, posters, 21 TV

public service announcements, signage on T-Shirts, hats, decals, etc.,

and specialized programs like the ``Adopt-a-School Essay and

Scholarship'' programs: and 6-8 grades school Be A Winner Action Book,

A RAD Adult Guide and A RAD Coloring Book for K-4 grades. This program

will be jointly funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)

($40,000) and OJJDP ($75,000) and will be implemented by the current

grantee, National Child Safety Council. No additional applications will

be solicited in Fiscal Year 1994.

Missing Children

Prevention, Early Intervention, and Mediation Project for Missing and

Exploited Children, $75,000

The purpose of this project, administered by Our Town Family Center

of Tucson, Arizona, is to enhance the range of services to missing,

exploited, and abused children and their families. These services

include a school-based prevention program and home-based crisis

intervention services. A new family mediation and dispute resolution

program seeks to reduce the negative impact of high-conflict divorce

and separation on children. The project will provide training workshops

for local juvenile justice and school personnel. No additional

applications will be solicited during Fiscal Year 1994.

Missing and Exploited Children Prevention and Services, $75,000

The purpose of this project, administered by Counseling Services of

Addison County, Middlebury, Vermont, is to continue to expand and

develop services to assist missing and exploited youth and their

families in Addison County. Project activities include community

education programs on child safety issues, counseling, outreach and

safe shelter services for runaway and thrownaway youths, training for

law enforcement officers, and crisis counseling for families of missing

children. No additional applications will be solicited during Fiscal

Year 1994.

Paul and Lisa Prevention and Intervention Efforts: Expansion and

Improvement of Non-Profit Organization Projects, $75,000

This project expands Paul & Lisa's school-based exploitation

prevention program in Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey. Project

activities include helping children develop ways to handle and

discourage sexual advances, abduction, and exploitation by adults, and

providing school personnel and service providers with strategies to

prevent these problems and assist missing and exploited children.

Training and technical assistance to organizations and coalitions in

selected cities will be provided. No additional applications will be

solicited during Fiscal Year 1994.

Project Nino Seguro Services--Addressing Missing and Exploited

Children, $45,258

This project, administered by South Bay Community Services of Chula

Vista, California, serves English-speaking and Spanish-speaking

communities by providing education, information, and services to

parents, children, and the community. The project is designed to reduce

the occurrence of missing, abducted and exploited children. Project

Nino Seguro provides direct counseling to individuals, families, and

peer groups. No additional applications will be solicited during Fiscal

Year 1994.

Community-Based Alternatives

New Programs

Communities attempting to refocus their juvenile justice system

resources on serious, violent and chronic juvenile offenders will be

assisted in developing and implementing comprehensive programs for

juvenile offenders that combine accountability with treatment and

rehabilitation services. These sites will be planning and implementing

as many elements of OJJDP's Comprehensive Strategy as resources permit.

If successful, they will serve as models for other jurisdictions.

Communities will also be assisted in developing a continuum of

community-based care for offenders who do not present a threat to the

public safety. For example, a program to provide a continuum of

alternatives for females in the juvenile justice system is proposed.

In addition, a field-initiated research program will provide

support to address issues related to the Comprehensive Strategy,

including mental health issues, family preservation, and waiver and

transfer to the criminal justice system.

Program To Promote Alternative Programs for Juvenile Female Offenders,

$200,000

Historically, the unique service needs of females have not been

given adequate attention in the juvenile justice system. Not only do

females represent a smaller percentage of the delinquent population,

when females act out their problems, they more often than boys become

self-destructive, run away, become involved in prostitution, or turn to

unhealthy, exploitative, or abusive environments for attention and

shelter. Females may be further victimized when they seek help or come

under the juvenile justice system because there are so few resources

available to them. Since 1974, the JJDP Act has called for alternatives

to confinement for females who have been placed in secure residential

programs for less serious offenses than males or confined for longer

periods than males.

Today, however, increasing numbers of females live on the streets

or in unhealthy, exploitative, or abusive environments. Studies

document the inequities of services between males and females and the

perpetuation of a cycle of generational abuse, teen pregnancy,

delinquency, and emotional dysfunction.

This initiative would fund two demonstration projects to serve the

needs of female status offenders, delinquents, dependents, dropouts,

and pregnant or teenage mothers. Each selected site must develop a

comprehensive continuum of services designed to meet the unique needs

of at-risk or delinquent female juveniles. The programs must include

such specific components as training and education, life management and

personal growth skills, health and counseling, parenting skills, job

training skills, and community service. The resources provided for the

first year would be used to support planning, initial development and

implementation of the program.

This program would be competitively funded with the two sites

funded at a level of up to $100,000 each during Fiscal Year 1994.

Serious, Violent and Chronic Juvenile Offender Treatment Program,

$2,000,000

In Fiscal Year 1993, under a competitive announcement OJJDP funded

two jurisdictions (Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Juvenile Court and

the Department of Human Services in Washington, DC) to develop a plan

for a systematic strategy for juvenile offenders that combines

accountability and sanctions with increasingly intensive community-

based intervention, treatment, and rehabilitation services as the

seriousness of the offense increases or warrants. The plan's basic

elements are to: (1) Assess the existing continuum of secure and

nonsecure intervention, treatment, and rehabilitation services in each

jurisdiction; (2) define the juvenile offender population; (3) develop

and implement a programmatic strategy; (4) develop and implement an

evaluative design; (5) integrate private nonprofit community-based

organizations into juvenile offender services; (6) incorporate an

aftercare program as a formal component of all residential placements;

(7) develop a resource plan to enlist the financial and technical

support of other Federal, State, and local agencies, private

foundations, or other funding sources; and (8) develop a victim

assistance component utilizing local organizations. In Fiscal Year

1994, funds will be awarded noncompetitively to support implementation

of the plan in the initial two sites, if they successfully develop

action plans. In addition, funds will be competitively awarded to two

new sites to plan and implement a comprehensive treatment program. All

grants would be for up to $500,000 each.

Field-Initiated Research Program, $250,000

The Field-Initiated Research Program seeks to develop promising and

innovative research programs relevant to the mission of OJJDP. This

program offers an opportunity for support for research ideas generated

in the field rather than by OJJDP. Priority topics would include mental

health issues, gender bias, rural delinquency, family preservation, due

process, waiver and transfer to the criminal justice system, violent

youth gangs, disproportionate minority representation, institutional

crowding, and other issues directly related to OJJDP's ``A

Comprehensive Strategy for Serious, Violent, and Chronic Juvenile

Offenders.''

OJJDP would provide up to three awards of up to $83,000 each under

this program.

Robeson County, North Carolina,* $337,075

This grant is to the State of North Carolina to initiate two pilot

violence reduction programs based on a successful model program

implemented by the Governor's Crime Commission in Robeson County, N.C.

Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania,* $50,000

This is a grant to Lackawanna County, PA to initiate a Juvenile

Crime Prevention Program with the local District Attorney, community

representatives and counseling practitioners.

Portland Summer Diversion Project,* $100,000

An innovative gang prevention program in northeast Portland, Oregon

established a summer program for high school youth that are at risk of

joining gangs. It includes employment efforts, counseling and classroom

instruction on life skills.

Community-Based Alternatives

Continuation Programs

Permanent Families for Abused and Neglected Children,* $225,000

This is a national project to prevent unnecessary foster care

placement of abused and neglected children, to reunify the families of

children in care, and to ensure permanent adoptive homes when

reunification is impossible. The purpose of this project is to ensure

that foster care is used only as a last resort and as a temporary

solution. Accordingly, the project is designed to ensure that

government's responsibility to children in foster care is duly

acknowledged by the appropriate disciplines. Project activities include

national training programs for judges, social service personnel,

citizen volunteers, and others under the Reasonable Efforts Provision

of 42 U.S.C. 671(a)(15); training in selected lead States; and

development of a model guide to risk assessment. The program will be

implemented by the current grantee, the National Council of Family and

Juvenile Court Judges. No additional applications will be solicited

during Fiscal Year 1994.

National Network of Children's Advocacy Centers,* $500,000

This program will continue to support the National Network of

Children's Advocacy Centers through the development and implementation

of coordinated training, technical assistance, and information sharing

programs. The network links local Children's Advocacy Center programs

whose purpose is to provide multi-disciplinary coordination in the

investigation and prosecution of child abuse cases, limited seed money,

training, and technical assistance. National leaders in this effort are

the National Children's Advocacy Center in Huntsville, Alabama; the

University of Oklahoma's Justice Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma; and the

National Children's Advocacy Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, two of which

will be under contract to provide training and technical assistance. A

continuation application will be solicited from one organization in the

National Network. No other applications will be solicited during Fiscal

Year 1994.

Professional Development for Youth Workers, $200,000

The primary purpose of this program is to promote professional

development of youth service and juvenile justice system providers

through formal training. The program will include an inventory of

existing training programs and their effectiveness, a needs assessment

training survey, the development of curricula for several program

settings, the design of a dissemination strategy, and the creation of

an implementation plan for the second half of a two-year program.

Initially funded in Fiscal Year 1992, the Academy for Educational

Development, Inc. will continue this three year program in Fiscal Year

1994. No additional applications will be solicited in Fiscal Year 1994.

School Safety Center, $250,000

The purpose of this collaborative program between OJJDP and

Department of Education is to provide training and technical assistance

regarding school safety to elementary and secondary schools, and to

identify methods to diminish crime, violence, and illegal drug use in

schools and on campuses, with special emphasis on gang-related crime.

The National School Safety Center (NSSC) maintains a library and

clearinghouse with specialized information, provides research on school

safety issues, and develops publications and training programs. These

funds would focus on prevention of drug abuse and violence in schools

and establish State personnel trained in school safety to provide

technical assistance to localities.

The Department of Education contributed to the support of this

program with a transfer of $1 million of Fiscal Year 1993 funds for

expenditure in Fiscal Years 1993-1994. This program would be

implemented by the current grantee, the National School Safety Center

at Pepperdine University. No additional applications would be solicited

in Fiscal Year 1994.

Juvenile Restitution, $250,000

OJJDP will continue to support the juvenile restitution training

and technical assistance program in Fiscal Year 1994. The project

design is based on practitioner recommendations for current needs in

the field. OJJDP initiated a survey on how best to expand and

institutionalize restitution as a viable juvenile justice disposition.

In addition to the survey, a working group was convened to help map out

the course of OJJDP's support for optimum development of the components

of restitution. These components will include community service, victim

reparation, victim-offender mediation, offender employment and

supervision, employment development, and potential program elements

designed to establish restitution as an important alternative in

improving the juvenile justice system. This project is guided by the

need to provide a balance of community protection, offender competency

development and accountability in the provision of community-based

sanctions.

The Division of Applied Research of Florida Atlantic University was

competitively selected in Fiscal Year 1992 to implement this three year

project. No additional applications will be solicited in Fiscal Year

1994.

Insular Area Support,* $403,000

The purpose of this program is to provide supplemental financial

support to the Virgin Islands of the United States, Guam, American

Samoa, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (Palau), and the

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. These funds are available

to address the special needs and problems of juvenile delinquency in

the insular areas, as specified by Section 261(e) of the JJDP Act, 42

U.S.C. 5665(e).

OJJDP Technical Assistance Support Contract: Juvenile Justice Resource

Center, $650,000

The purpose of this contract is to provide technical assistance and

support to OJJDP, the National Institute for Juvenile Justice and

Delinquency Prevention, OJJDP grantees, and the Coordinating Council on

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention in the areas of program

development, evaluation, training, and research. The program will be

completed during FY 1994.

Native American Alternative Community-Based Program, $540,000

This program is designed as a collaborative interagency effort

between OJJDP and other public and private organizations concerned

about juvenile delinquency among Native Americans. Its purpose is to

develop community-based alternative programs for Native American youths

adjudicated delinquent and to develop a re-entry program for Native

American delinquents returning from institutional placements. A multi-

component design has been developed in the four project sites.

Additional training and technical assistance will be provided to

integrate the critical elements of the OJJDP Intensive Supervision and

Community-Based Aftercare programs with cultural elements traditionally

used by Native Americans to control and rehabilitate offending youths.

The project sites, initially funded in Fiscal Year 1992, are the

Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, the Navajo Nation, the Gila River

Indian Community and the Pueblo of Jemez. A training and technical

assistance provider, The National Indian Justice Center provides the

sites with training and technical assistance. No additional

applications will be solicited in Fiscal Year 1994.

Missing Children

Community Action for the Prevention of Missing and Exploited Children,

$125,000

This project enables the District of Columbia's Center for Child

Protection and Family Support to expand its direct service activities

to high-risk inner city youths, specifically teenage parents, through

the development of a specialized education component designed to

educate families on child safety, enhance their understanding of

potential abduction and exploitation, and improve the systematic

response to dealing with the issues of missing and exploited children.

No additional applications will be solicited in Fiscal Year 1994.

Provide Services to Recovered Missing Children and Their Families,

$30,000

The purpose of this project is to support the activities of Find

the Children of Los Angeles, California, as coordinator of a local

multi-agency task force activated upon the recovery of a child. Find

the Children coordinates interagency communication to evaluate a

child's or family's needs at the time of recovery, assists them in

obtaining access to available services, collects data, manages relevant

treatment-intervention plans, and issues reports in conjunction with

the Interagency Council of Child Abuse and Neglect. No additional

applications will be solicited in Fiscal Year 1994.

Improvement of the Juvenile Justice System

New Programs

The new programs funded under this objective support the

Comprehensive Strategy. In addition, program development will be

provided to the PACT (Pulling America's Communities Together) program

sites. The four new violence studies will provide valuable information

regarding community violence patterns, with a particular focus on

homicides, and identify strategic law enforcement responses. Child-

centered community policing will be furthered, under joint support from

the Bureau of Justice Assistance, in New Haven, Connecticut. The city's

exemplary program will serve as a host site for training other

jurisdictions. In another effort, promising program models for

prevention, intervention, and treatment of female juvenile offenders

will be identified and distributed to jurisdictions across the country.

Other projects will focus on detention and corrections, helping the

juvenile justice system refocus resources on the most serious, violent,

and chronic offenders while improving conditions of confinement.

Finally, a major effort under this objective will be focused on

community interventions with violent youth gangs. Additional funds

appropriated this year for Part D of the JJDP Act will be used to

expand the Office's previous work in this area into an Integrated Gang

Program to include demonstration programs and evaluation, research,

training, technical assistance, and information dissemination. Many

cities experiencing gang problems will benefit directly from

information and technical assistance resource to address gang violence.

``Pulling America's Communities Together: Program Development'',

$250,000

Project PACT (Pulling America's Communities Together) is a Federal

initiative designed to empower communities to fight crime. The project

presently focuses on four areas: Metropolitan Denver, the State of

Nebraska, Metropolitan Atlanta, and Washington, D.C. In these four

areas, the Federal Government is supporting and fostering the

development of broad-based, fully coordinated local and statewide anti-

violence initiatives that work strategically to secure community

safety.

The grantee will provide the sites with advice and assistance in

assessing youth violence problems and in identifying successful crime

prevention and violence reduction programs and models for

consideration, adaptation, and implementation in PACT area violence

reduction strategies. Moreover, the grantee will provide training and

technical assistance on crime prevention and violence reduction topics

and coalition and team-building processes.

The program will be implemented by a current grantee, the National

Council on Crime and Delinquency. The Bureau of Justice Assistance

(BJA) and OJJDP are jointly funding this project. BJA is contributing

$200,000. No additional applications will be solicited in Fiscal Year

1994.

Violence Studies,* $1,000,000

The 1992 Amendments to the JJDP Act require OJJDP to conduct a

study on violence in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Los Angeles, California;

Washington, DC; and one rural area. Building on the results of OJJDP's

Program of Research on Causes and Correlates, the study will address

the incidence of violence committed by or against juveniles in urban

and rural areas of the United States. In Fiscal Year 1993 OJJDP

initiated the study by supporting its planning phase. It is anticipated

that awards will be made to conduct studies in each of the four

designated sites.

Child-Centered Community-Oriented Policing, $300,000

In Fiscal Year 1993, OJJDP provided support to the New Haven,

Connecticut, Police Department and the Yale University Child

Development Center to document a child-centered community-oriented

policing model, the first phase of which is being implemented in New

Haven. The basic elements of the model are a ten-week training course

in child development for all new police officers and child development

fellowships for all community-based sergeants who direct neighborhood

police teams. Fellowships provide four to six hours of training a week

over a three-month period at the Child Study Center; 24 hour

consultation services from a clinical professional and a police

supervisor to patrol officers to assist children in violent situations;

weekly case conferences with police officers, educators, and child

study center staff; open police stations located in neighborhoods

available to residents, used for purposes other than processing

arrestees; community liaison; and neighborhood foot patrols.

For Fiscal Year 1994, Community Policing funds transferred from the

Bureau of Justice Assistance would support a technical assistance and

training grant to support the New Haven and Yale partnership in serving

as a host site to jurisdictions interested in replicating the essential

elements of the model. Participating jurisdictions must either have an

established community-oriented policing program which lends itself to

replicating the child-centered elements or have strategic plans for

implementing a community-oriented policing model, and propose to

replicate the model's essential elements.

Additionally, eligible jurisdictions must have the support of the

mayor, or chief executive, and must have as co-applicant the human

services agency responsible for providing social, medical, or

psychological services to families and children in the jurisdiction.

Jurisdictions selected will send a team of the city's key decision

makers (mayor, police chief, director of human services agency) to New

Haven for intensive orientation, followed by an extended visit from key

staff of the agencies responsible for implementing the program. On-site

technical assistance will be available from New Haven during

implementation.

The program is expected to reduce the disproportionate

incarceration of minority youths and the number of youths referred to

detention and jails by training patrol officers to support prevention

activities and to intervene positively with youths. Jurisdictions

interested in participating in this program would coordinate with Yale/

New Haven to apply for consideration. Details would be provided in the

final program plan. No additional applications would be solicited in

Fiscal Year 1994.

What Works: Programs for Juvenile Female Offenders, $50,000

This project would assess promising programs providing prevention

and treatment services for juvenile female offenders and conduct a

national symposium of researchers and practitioners. Because female

status offenders are detained at a much higher rate than males, this

project would also examine alternatives to detention. The assessment

and symposium would be coordinated with States which, under the OJJDP

Formula Grants Program and the Government Accounting Office, are

examining gender-bias and gender specific services in the juvenile

justice system. The symposium papers and proceedings will identify

critical issues related to prevention, intervention, and treatment

alternatives for female juvenile offenders. This would be a one-year

project culminating in a report on promising approaches and a research

and program development agenda for the future. One award will be made

to supplement the work being done by the Girls, Inc. in an amount up to

$50,000.

Training for Line Staff in Juvenile Corrections and Detention, $250,000

OJJDP proposes to support a multi-year training program for line

staff of juvenile corrections and detention facilities. The training

would convey that the mission of juvenile justice is to create a

positive environment that encompasses education, social services,

mental and physical health, and corrections. Training curricula would

be designed or developed from existing resources that are timely,

current, and meet the needs of the populations served in these

facilities. For example, training could be offered in risk assessment,

a range of treatment modalities, behavior management, safety and health

issues, peer mediation, and conflict resolution.

A certification program would be developed to facilitate

development of progressive skills. Special attention would be devoted

to motivation in relation to institutional culture. The grantee chosen

to implement the program would establish a limited technical assistance

capability to complement this program. Practitioner-oriented

organizations are encouraged to submit joint applications. One

application would be funded in the amount of up to $250,000.

Comprehensive Gang Program, $2,000,000

OJJDP has developed a Comprehensive Gang Program in response to the

Part D amendments to the 1994 JJDP Act. Our program includes five major

components which will be coordinated efforts. The first three are new

initiatives for which applications are being competitively solicited in

Fiscal Year 1994.

1. The National Gang Assessment Resource Center will be established

to assess the nature and extent of the gang problem; to review the

current gang literature; to advance statistical data collection and

analyses; to identify promising program models; to conduct gang-related

legislative analysis; and to synthesize such information gathered into

meaningful dissemination products. ($500,000 in FY 1994 and $250,000 in

FY 1995)

2. OJJDP will fund five sites ($200,000 each) to implement the

Comprehensive Community-Wide Approach to Gang Prevention, Intervention

and Suppression Program, developed by Irving Spergel and his colleagues

at the University of Chicago (1993). ($1,000,000)

3. An independent Evaluation of the Comprehensive Community-Wide

Approach to Gang Prevention, Intervention and Suppression Program will

be sponsored to assist sites in establishing realistic and measurable

objectives, to document program implementation, to measure the efficacy

of a variety of program strategies, and to provide useful interim

feedback to program implementors. ($250,000)

4. Training and technical assistance regarding the Comprehensive

Community Strategy for Dealing with Gangs and Drugs will be provided to

all OJJDP-sponsored prevention and intervention sites, as well as to

other jurisdictions considering implementation of this approach. OJJDP

will use an existing training/technical assistance contract to provide

such services. No applications are being solicited.

5. Targeted Acquisition and Dissemination of Gang Materials will be

provided through the Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse, in cooperation

with all of the above integrated gang response participants. OJJDP's

Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse will provide these services. No

applications are being solicited.

OJJDP will establish a Gang Consortium which will include OJJDP

gang program managers, and project directors and key staff from each of

the OJJDP sponsored gang program initiatives. The membership of the

Gang Consortium may also include interested representatives of other

Federal agencies who are involved in gang-related program development.

The purpose of the Gang Consortium will be to facilitate ongoing

coordination of program development, information exchange, and service

delivery nationwide.

Marketing the Conditions of Confinement Study, $100,000

The recently completed Abt Associates report on the Conditions of

Confinement study, which focused primarily on standards conformity,

provided a preliminary analysis of data collected under this research.

There are numerous substantive areas that have not yet been explored.

The keen interest of the field in the results of this first report

indicates the need to provide support to further analyze the data base,

particularly data from site visits and interviews with facility staff,

youths, and administrators; prepare practitioner-friendly reports;

respond to ad hoc requests for special data analyses; and make

specialized presentations to a variety of audiences who have an

interest in improving conditions of confinement.

Further analysis and dissemination of this report will provide

support to the National Consortium formed to foster the implementation

of the study recommendations. A continuation grant would be awarded to

Abt Associates. No additional applications would be solicited in Fiscal

Year 1994.

Conditions of Confinement Follow Up--Performance Standards, $250,000

One of the major findings of the Abt Associates ``Conditions of

Juvenile Confinement'' study is that existing correctional standards

are procedural in nature and do not, even if complied with, reflect

positively on conditions of confinement in the institutions that house

our nation's troubled youths.

A group of corrections and detention administrators who met in

Austin, Texas, in the spring of 1993, concluded that performance-based

standards must be developed if the field is to move toward improved

services for youths and greater accountability for performance in

service areas. In developing these standards, drafters will be required

to confer and agree on their goals, and to define indicators that

measure goal attainment.

The grantee selected would work with representatives from a broad-

based consortium of corrections and detention practitioners and youth

advocacy professionals in education, health, mental health, and social

services to develop, on a priority basis, measurable performance

standards.

The standards developed under this initiative would be practitioner

driven and enhance existing nationally recognized standards for

juvenile correction and detention facilities. The standards should

cover system, staff, and youth performance as well as the quality of

life for residents of these facilities.

OJJDP would solicit a multi-year grant for the development of

performance-based standards for juvenile corrections and detention.

Training and Technical Support for State and Local Jurisdictional Teams

to Focus on Juvenile Corrections and Detention Overcrowding, $100,000

The Conditions of Confinement Study identified overcrowding as the

most urgent problem facing juvenile corrections and detention

facilities. Overcrowding in juvenile facilities is a function of

decisions and policies made at the State, county, and city levels. The

trend in a number of jurisdictions toward the inappropriate use of

detention and commitment to State facilities has been reversed when key

decision makers, such as the chief judge, chief of police, director of

the local detention facility, head of the State juvenile correctional

agency, and others who affect the flow of juveniles through the system,

agree to make decisions collaboratively and to modify practices and

policies.

In some instances, modification has occurred in response to court

orders. Compliance with court orders is improved with the support of

enhanced interagency communication and planning among those agencies

affecting flow.

To address the problems of overcrowded facilities, OJJDP plans to

support an initiative focused on implementing the recommendations of

the Abt study regarding overcrowding. This project would involve

developing training and technical assistance materials for use by State

and local jurisdictional teams. Assistance would be provided in

planning and problem solving strategies to reduce or prevent

overcrowding in juvenile facilities. Follow-up technical assistance

would also be provided to assist in carrying out plans and strategies

developed under the training phase.

It is anticipated that one competitive grant or cooperative

agreement in the amount of $100,000 would be awarded in FY 1994.

Juvenile Statistics Improvement, $175,000

OJJDP proposes to fund a project to improve juvenile custody

statistics and further the development of an integrated and

comprehensive program of national juvenile justice statistics. The

initial emphases of this program will focus on: (1) Juvenile custody

statistics, and (2) information on juveniles waived or transferred to

criminal court. Custody was chosen for improvement because custody

statistics are needed to monitor the custody rates and characteristics

of offenders who penetrate the juvenile justice system and the types of

intervention received.

OJJDP recently convened a Juvenile Custody Statistics Symposium of

juvenile justice practitioners, data collectors, providers, and users

to help OJJDP reexamine data needs regarding the juvenile custody

population and the custody function. The participants' feedback on the

need for timely, useful and accurate information is reflected in this

plan. The Symposium produced consensus on a number of short-term and

long-term needs. In the immediate future, OJJDP will take steps to

rebuild the data collection infrastructure of custody and waiver/

transfer statistics. The design of work for the waiver and transfer

data collection will be informed by the results of the General

Accounting Office study of juvenile waiver to criminal court.

The Symposium also produced general consensus regarding data

collection priorities and requirements. Within this framework, OJJDP is

weighing specific redesign options for producing custody statistics. To

this end, OJJDP proposes to pilot test new data collection methods to

examine their feasibility and utility among the tests under

consideration are the following:

The design of a new effort to collect individual level

data on juveniles in facilities. This new effort will capture detailed

demographic and offense data.

A redesign of facility-based information collections. The

anticipated data collections would revitalize the present collection

efforts and build on the success of the Conditions and Confinement

study.

A new detention data collection effort to monitor the use

of detention and to serve as a barometer of activity in the juvenile

justice system.

In order to collect data on juveniles tried in criminal court,

OJJDP will pretest data collection instruments for possible use in a

supplemental award to the BJS National Prosecutor's Survey.

These pilot tests would explore new data collection technologies

(such as computer aided surveys, telephone data entry, and electronic

submission of data).

OJJDP anticipates entering into a one-year interagency agreement

with the Bureau of the Census to carry out the tasks associated with

this work.

Intensive Community-Based Aftercare Demonstration, Technical

Assistance, and Evaluation Program, $750,000

This initiative is designed to support the implementation, delivery

of technical assistance, and the evaluation of a selected number of

jurisdictions currently participating in an OJJDP-sponsored pilot

program.

Eight pilot test sites (NC, NJ, TX, CO, NV, PA, VA, MI) will

compete for the opportunity to participate in a national independent

evaluation. Four sites will be selected and will be awarded up to

$100,000 each to partially support the program design demonstration. An

estimated $140,000 will be awarded to an independent evaluation

contractor to complete initial evaluation design work and document the

process. Funding from Fiscal Years 1995 and 1996 will be utilized to

support an impact evaluation.

The John Hopkins University will receive a supplemental award of up

to $210,000 to continue to provide technical assistance and training to

all sites making progress towards implementation. The project period

for this initiative will be 36 months. Awards will be made in 12-month

increments.

National Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Training and

Technical Assistance Center, $300,000

Sections 244, 245, and 246 of the JJDP Act of 1974, as amended,

authorize support of training and technical assistance programs for

juvenile justice and related personnel. These services have been

provided through grants, cooperative agreements, and interagency

agreements using a variety of training formats and materials. OJJDP

proposes to establish comprehensive and uniform training coverage of

the field in order to increase the effectiveness of OJJDP-supported

training and technical assistance. To achieve this, the Office would

issue a solicitation for an award to establish a Training and Technical

Assistance Center to provide the following services and activities to

the juvenile justice field:

A centralized access point for information about training

and technical assistance;

Development of specialized training teams to assist State

and local programs, respond to specialized issues or needs, and provide

training and certification of trainers;

Development and distribution of training and technical

assistance materials;

Support for National and regional training events;

Assessment and evaluation of training programs;

Information on training models and specific issues

affecting training of staff working with juveniles; and

Provide opportunities for networking and exchanging

information and ideas to create learning opportunities for youth

development professionals.

The Center would provide the following benefits to support OJJDP

training and technical assistance responsibilities:

Support coordination of all OJJDP training and technical

assistance projects;

Respond immediately to emerging training needs through

development and delivery of specialized training and technical

assistance;

Support an agency managed system for effective monitoring

of contracted services, efficient use of services, and prevention of

overlap of services;

Coordinate data regarding participants and curricula

received from OJJDP-funded grantees and contractors and centralize the

information gathered;

Facilitate the exchange of information about training

technologies and provide access to information resources.

In the first year, a catalogue of OJJDP's training activities would

be published, including course descriptions, training organizations,

and schedules. Other products of the Center during the first year would

include the design and testing of a trainer's curriculum, production of

training manuals and training jurisdictional teams to respond to

critical issues and problems. A competitive multi-year contract in the

initial amount of $200,000 would be awarded with Fiscal Year 1994 funds

and $100,000 of Fiscal Year 1995 funds.

Telecommunications Assistance, $200,000

Developments in information technology and distance training can

expand and enhance the information dissemination, training and

technical assistance activities of OJJDP programs. These technologies

can be employed to enhance present capabilities for existing grantees

by increasing access of persons in the juvenile justice system to

information and training, reducing travel costs to conferences, and

saving time used to attend meetings requiring one or more nights away

from one's home or office. OJJDP proposes to award a cooperative

agreement to a qualified organization to provide program support,

technical assistance and necessary equipment for a variety of

information technologies, including audio-graphics, satellite

teleconferences, and fiber-optic teleconferences. OJJDP would select

from among its grantees to provide the curricula or program information

to be presented via telecommunications technologies. A secondary

purpose of the grant program would be to support OJJDP in marketing the

technology for additional users. A cooperative agreement in the amount

of $100,000 would be awarded with Fiscal Year 1994 funds and $100,000

of Fiscal Year 1995 funds.

Interventions To Reduce Disproportionate Minority Confinement in Secure

Detention and Correctional Facilities (the Deborah Ann Wysinger

Memorial Program), $600,000

National data and studies have demonstrated that minority offenders

are overrepresented in secure facilities across the county. In response

to this problem, OJJDP issued regulations in 1989 requiring States

participating in the Formula Grants Program to determine the existence

of disproportionate minority confinement and to design strategies to

reduce the problem where it exists. As of February 1993, 42 States had

completed the required data analyses, with all but one determining that

minority juveniles were overrepresented in secure facilities. Analysis

of the data provided by the States further indicates that minority

youths are disproportionately represented at several points in the

juvenile justice system.

This competitive Special Emphasis program would provide funds to

States, local units of government and not-for-profit organizations to

demonstrate effective interventions designed to eliminate the

disproportionate confinement of minority juveniles in secure detention

or correctional facilities, adult jails and lockups, and other secure

institutional facilities. Activities appropriate for funding under this

initiative would include such programs as:

Training and education programs for law enforcement and

juvenile justice practitioners;

Diversion programs for minority youths who come in contact

with the juvenile justice system;

Prevention programs in communities with high numbers of

minority residents;

Programs to increase the capacity of community-based

organizations to provide alternatives to detention and incarceration

for minority youths; and

Aftercare programs designed to assist minority youths

returning to their communities from secure institutions.

Grants would be available to State and local agencies, local units

of government and not-for-profit organizations as defined in section

223(a)(1) of the JJDP Act in amounts ranging from $55,000 to $100,000

for the implementation and evaluation of interventions to reduce

disproportionate minority confinement. In addition to the general

selection criteria applied to all OJJDP competitive application

solicitations, the Office will take into consideration the

jurisdiction's development of multiple strategies to address the

problem and need based on high minority over-representation indices as

identified in the Phase I data collection analysis. Programs will be

required to coordinate with OJJDP's program evaluation contractor.

Non-Violent Dispute Resolution, $250,000

The Non-Violent Dispute Resolution program is a joint effort of

OJJDP and the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to test a variety of

proposed strategies to train teenage students to constructively manage

anger, resolve conflict(s), learn the importance of mutual respect, and

be responsible for their actions. Up to three organizations and/or

agencies will be identified to implement program models. Qualified

applicants must have demonstrated successful work in programs which

include collaborative efforts among educators, counselors, criminal

justice representatives, and parents/caretakers. Applications will be

solicited by BJA on a competitive basis.

Models of Effective Court Based Service Delivery to Children and Their

Families, $250,000

The expanding role of State courts in today's complex society is

particularly evident in the struggle to address the problems and needs

of children and families. Courts often have the charge of monitoring

and enforcing treatments recommended by human services professionals,

sanctions sought by law enforcement agencies, and mandates imposed by

Federal and State legislation. In many instances, courts are the last

resort for dysfunctional families. Because of these trends, courts have

become, often by default, service coordinators, attempting to match the

needs of individuals to services available in the community. Courts are

undertaking the role of service provider in a vacuum of information of

what works and why.

This program would develop and demonstrate effective models for the

acquisition, delineation and provision of social services through court

auspices. It would examine the nature and extent of the services

provided by courts; at what points in the process the services are

provided; and, the extent of the coordination of the services across

individuals, cases, and service providers. The effectiveness of the

models would be evaluated based on their impact on court operations

(e.g., the resources needed to implement various models) and the

quality of the services provided to clients. This program builds on the

results of the recent National Symposium on Courts, Children, and

Families conducted by the National Center for State Courts in

cooperation with the Conference of State Court Administrators. OJJDP

would participate in and provide funding for this program through the

Bureau of Justice Assistance under a cooperative agreement with the

National Center for State Courts. No additional applications would be

solicited in Fiscal Year 1994.

Delinquency Prevention Training and Technical Assistance, $569,076

The purpose of this contract is to provide nationwide training and

technical assistance (TA) to local jurisdictions in developing and

implementing comprehensive community-wide risk-focused delinquency

prevention strategies under Title V, Section 505, of the JJDPA. The

specific training and TA objectives are to: provide communities with a

full understanding of the risk-focused delinquency prevention approach;

provide a mechanism for the key leadership of a community to develop

consensus on an overall strategy; provide a strategy for involving the

entire community in delinquency prevention planning; provide a process

for communities to conduct a risk and resource assessment; provide

communities with a strategy for developing an action plan based on the

results of the risk and resource assessment; and provide communities

with a strategy to implement their action plan.

The training will be provided in cooperation with the state

agencies that administer the Formula Grants program. A sole source

contract has been awarded to Developmental Research and Programs, Inc.

to provide training in the ``Communities that Care'' prevention

strategy.

Seeds of Success--Log Cabin Honor Ranch,* $150,000

The City of San Francisco Juvenile Probation Department and the San

Francisco State University are working on a joint project with the Log

Cabin Honor Ranch. This project provides education and training

opportunities for at-risk youth.

Douglass County, Nebraska,* $67,055

This is a grant for a youth pretrial diversion program in Douglas,

County, NE.

P.A.C.E. Center for Girls, Inc.,* $150,000

The State of Florida will expand its P.A.C.E. Center for Girls,

Inc. to several new sites. P.A.C.E. provides a juvenile judge with an

alternative to incarcerating at-risk teenage girls arrested for status

and minor offenses.

Improvement of the Juvenile System

Continuation Programs

Children in Custody, $300,000

Under this collaborative program between the OJJDP and U.S. Bureau

of the Census, OJJDP proposes to transfer funds to the U.S. Bureau of

the Census to conduct the biennial census of public and private

juvenile detention, correctional, and shelter facilities. The census

describes the target facilities in terms of their resident population

as well as their programs and physical characteristics.

The program would be implemented under an interagency agreement

with the U.S. Bureau of the Census. No additional applications would be

solicited in Fiscal Year 1994.

Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse, $1,006,798

Part of the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS),

the Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse provides support to OJJDP in: (1)

Collecting, synthesizing and disseminating information on all aspects

of juvenile delinquency; (2) developing publications; and (3) preparing

specialized responses to information requests from the juvenile justice

field. The Clearinghouse maintains a toll-free number for information

requests.

The Clearinghouse also reviews on a continuing basis reports, data,

and standards relating to the juvenile justice system in the United

States and develops special resource products for the juvenile justice

community.

The Clearinghouse serves as a information center for the

acquisition and dissemination of information regarding juvenile

delinquency, including State and local juvenile delinquency prevention

and treatment programs and plans, availability or resources, training

and educational programs, statistics, and other pertinent data and

information. The Clearinghouse serves as an information bank

systematically collecting and synthesizing the data and knowledge

obtained from research and evaluation by public and private agencies,

institutions or individuals concerning all aspects of juvenile

delinquency, including the prevention and treatment of juvenile

delinquency.

Recognizing the critical need to inform juvenile justice

practitioners and other policymakers on program approaches which hold

promise, the Clearinghouse continually develops and recommends new

strategies to communicate the research findings and program activities

of OJJDP to the practitioner community.

The entire NCJRS contract, of which the JJC is a part, and which is

administered by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), is scheduled

for competitive award in Fiscal Year 1994.

Coalition for Juvenile Justice,* $650,000

The Coalition for Juvenile Justice (Coalition) was established in

1983 as the National Coalition of State Juvenile Justice Advisory

Groups. It was renamed the Coalition for Juvenile Justice effective

January 1, 1993. The Coalition supports and facilitates the purposes

and functions of State juvenile justice advisory groups. In 1984,

Congress tasked the Coalition to review Federal policies regarding

juvenile justice and delinquency prevention, prepare and submit an

Annual Report and recommendations to the President and Congress, and

provide advice to the OJJDP Administrator. The Coalition is also

authorized to develop an Information Center for Juvenile Justice and

Delinquency Prevention Programs, to conduct an Annual Conference and to

disseminate information, data, standards, advanced techniques, and

program models. No additional applications will be solicited in Fiscal

Year 1994.

Juvenile Justice Data Resources, $25,000

This program addresses the need to enhance the availability of

juvenile justice data sets for secondary analysis. It will be

implemented under an interagency agreement with the University of

Michigan. No additional applications will be solicited in Fiscal Year

1994.

Juvenile Justice Statistics and Systems Development, $275,000

The purpose of this program is to improve Federal, State, and local

juvenile justice statistics and to enhance decision making and

management information systems (MIS) within the juvenile justice

system. The SSD Program helps OJJDP formulate a comprehensive National

Juvenile Justice Statistics program which will include a series of

regular reports on the extent and nature of juvenile offenses and

victimization and the justice system's response to the same. A major

product will be a Report to the Nation on Juvenile Crime and

Victimization.

The program will be implemented by the current grantee, the

National Center for Juvenile Justice. No additional applications will

be solicited in Fiscal Year 1994.

Juveniles Taken Into Custody (JTIC): Interagency Agreement, $200,000

The U.S. Bureau of the Census is working with OJJDP to develop a

national comprehensive statistical reporting system responsive to the

information requirements of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency

Prevention Act of 1974, as amended, and to the needs of the juvenile

justice field for data on juvenile custody populations in order to

assist State legislatures and juvenile justice professionals in

planning and policy-making decisions. The Census Bureau acts as the

data collection agent for the JTIC program. The program will be

implemented under an interagency agreement with the U.S. Bureau of the

Census. No additional applications will be solicited in Fiscal Year

1994.

National Juvenile Court Data Archive,* $610,915

This program collects, processes, analyzes, and disseminates

available data concerning the Nation's juvenile courts. The Archive

collects automated data and published reports from juvenile courts

throughout the Nation. Using the automated data, the Archive produces

comprehensive reports on the activities of the juvenile courts. These

reports examine referrals, offenses, intake, and dispositions as well

as specialized topics such as minorities in juvenile courts or specific

offense categories. The Archive provides assistance to jurisdictions in

analyzing their juvenile court data.

The program will be implemented by the current grantee, the

National Center for Juvenile Justice. No additional applications will

be solicited in Fiscal Year 1994.

Contract for the Evaluation of OJJDP Programs, $652,341

Information is being collected on the efficiency, cost-

effectiveness, and impact of OJJDP programs implemented through

discretionary grants, interagency agreements, contracts, and possibly

formula grants. OJJDP will use the reported findings, including

strengths, weaknesses, and other assessment data, to make policy and

planning decisions. The information may also benefit Congress, other

Federal agencies, and State and local juvenile justice and child

service staffs.

The grantee is:

1. Providing evaluative assessments of potential programs;

2. Conducting a process evaluation of, and designing an impact

evaluation for, the Satellite Prep School project;

3. Designing a process and impact evaluation for the LRE Juvenile

Justice Initiative project; and

4. Evaluating: (a) The training provided under the Gang and Drug

POLICY program; (b) The Intensive Community-Based Aftercare project;

(c) NIC Training for Juvenile Detention and Corrections Personnel; (d)

The Disproportionate Representation of Minorities Initiative; and (e)

The Serious Habitual Offender Comprehensive Action Program.

The contract is awarded to Caliber Associates for a three-year

period. Third year funding, to be awarded in Fiscal Year 1994, is

$652,341. No additional applications will be solicited in Fiscal Year

1994.

Children at Risk, $350,000

OJJDP, the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), and the Center on

Addiction and Substance Abuse (the Center) of Columbia University have

undertaken a joint effort to help communities rescue their high risk

pre-adolescents from the interrelated threats of crime and drugs. The

program tests a specific intervention strategy for reducing and

controlling illegal drugs and related crime in target neighborhoods and

fosters healthy development among youths from drug- and crime-ridden

neighborhoods. Multi-service, multi-disciplinary neighborhood-based

programs are being established which will provide a range of

opportunities and diverse services for pre-adolescents and their

families who are at high risk of involvement in illegal drugs and

crime. Simultaneously, the criminal and juvenile justice systems are

targeting resources to reduce illegal drug use and crime in the

neighborhoods where these young people reside. OJJDP funds are used for

the delinquency prevention components of the program.

The Center has received funding from a number of Foundations, for

this effort, which has been matched by OJJDP and BJA. Based on the

proposals submitted, six communities were selected to receive funds

beginning in Fiscal Year 1992 to implement programs over a three-year

period: Seattle, Washington; Memphis, Tennessee; Bridgeport,

Connecticut; Austin, Texas; Savannah, Georgia; and Newark, New Jersey.

Foundation and government funding of between $500,000 and $1 million

was allocated per community. The program will be implemented by the

current grantee in the five communities. OJJDP funds will be

transferred to BJA to implement the program under a BJA Grant and NIJ

is supporting the evaluation with BJA funds. No additional applications

will be solicited in Fiscal Year 1994.

Delay in the Imposition of Sanctions, $100,000

This project is a continuation of research undertaken to study the

delays in the delivery of sanctions to juveniles in the juvenile court

system. Where delays are found in the processing of juvenile court

cases, the study will address the problems created by these delays and

make realistic recommendations on how to correct the problems. This

award will be the third and final year of funding for a three-year

project and will support the completion of Phase III. Phase I and Phase

II, which were completed in the first two years, consisted of a

literature review and survey of court administrators to determine the

extent to which processing delays occur, a description of the

characteristics that define the problem, an identification of the

points in juvenile court case processing that are most susceptible to

delays, an intensive site study that evaluated the effect that case

processing delays have on juvenile courts' effectiveness and efficiency

in handling delinquency cases, including the effect on juveniles

themselves. Phase III will be the final stage of this three-year

project, entailing a review of the project findings and development of

a set of recommendations on how the juvenile justice system can improve

case processing and reduce unnecessary delays. The program will be

implemented by the current grantee, the National Center for Juvenile

Justice. No additional applications will be solicited in Fiscal Year

1994.

Violence Study--Causes and Correlates,* $300,000

OJJDP proposes to support additional analyses of data collected

under its Program of Research on the Causes and Correlates of

Delinquency, conducted at the State University of New York at Albany,

the University of Pittsburgh, and the University of Colorado. The draft

final report, ``Urban Delinquency and Substance Abuse,'' is under

review. To use the collected data more fully, additional analyses need

to be performed. These analyses are intended to enhance OJJDP's program

development for serious, chronic, and violent offenders. Topics for

analysis will be determined by program development requirements. For

example, development of risk assessment instruments would benefit from

more specific analyses regarding risk factors and pathways to chronic,

serious, or violent offending.

This program would be implemented by the grantees noted above. No

additional applications will be solicited in Fiscal Year 1994.

Training and Technical Assistance for Juvenile Detention and

Corrections (The James E. Gould Memorial Program), $225,000

The project would continue to provide technical assistance and

training to juvenile correctional and detention agencies, serve as a

national forum on juvenile corrections and detention, hold workshops on

selected key issues, provide on-site technical assistance, hold a

National Juvenile Day Treatment Conference, and promote literacy

education and networking.

The project, which would emphasize intermediate sanctions for non-

violent juveniles involved in drug-related offenses and illegal

activities in Fiscal Year 1994, would be implemented by the current

grantee, The American Correctional Association. No additional

applications would be solicited in Fiscal Year 1994.

Training for Juvenile Corrections Staff, $475,000

OJJDP proposes to continue the development and implementation of a

comprehensive training program for juvenile corrections and detention

staff through an interagency agreement with the National Institute of

Corrections (NIC). The program is designed to offer a core curriculum

for juvenile corrections and detention administrators and mid-level

management personnel in such areas as leadership development,

management, training of trainers, legal issues, cultural diversity,

gang activity, juvenile programming for specialized needs of offenders,

and overcrowding. The training would be conducted at the NIC Academy

and regionally. This program would be implemented in Fiscal Year 1994

under an interagency agreement with NIC. No additional applications

would be solicited in Fiscal Year 1994.

Improving Literacy Skills of Institutionalized Juvenile Delinquents,

$250,000

This is a competitively awarded program funding two grants:

Mississippi University for Women ($125,000), and The Nellie Thomas

Institute of Learning ($125,000). Many juvenile delinquents in

correctional institutions need to develop basic reading and writing

skills. The program will improve the literacy levels of juvenile

residents in these facilities while creating a national network of

trained reading teachers and volunteers available to juvenile

correctional facilities. It will include training, follow-up technical

assistance on teaching methods, and a curriculum for use by the staff

of detention and corrections facilities.

This program will be implemented by the current grantees, The

Mississippi University for Women, and The Nellie Thomas Institute of

Learning. No additional applications will be solicited in Fiscal Year

1994.

Improvement in Correctional Education for Juvenile Offenders, $199,963

The purpose of this program is to assist juvenile corrections

administrators in planning and implementing improved educational

services for detained and incarcerated juvenile offenders.

In Fiscal Year 1992, the National Office for Social Responsibility

(NOSR) was awarded a three year cooperative agreement to begin a

comprehensive assessment of the literature and to produce a report

documenting the state-of-the-art practices in educational reform. The

results will determine how the information will be used in the future

to improve educational services for incarcerated juveniles.

NOSR also will be awarded up to $200,000 to provide training and

technical assistance to selected sites that are interested in

implementing correctional education reform. No additional applications

will be solicited for this training and technical program during Fiscal

Year 1994.

Juvenile Court Training,* $1,100,270

The primary purpose of this project is to continue and refine the

training and technical assistance program offered by the National

Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges. The training objectives

are to supplement law school curricula, provide judges with current

information on developments in juvenile and family case law, and make

available options for sentencing and treatment. Emphasis will be placed

on drug testing, gangs and violence, and intermediate sanctions. The

project will provide foundation training to new judges and to

experienced judges who have been recently assigned to the juvenile or

family court bench.

The program will be implemented by the current grantee, The

National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges. No additional

applications will be solicited in Fiscal Year 1994.

Technical Assistance to the Juvenile Courts,* $389,943

The National Center for Juvenile Justice (NCJJ), the current

grantee, is the research division of the National Council of Juvenile

and Family Court Judges. The four types of technical assistance

available under the grant are: (1) Information resources, (2) on-site

consultation, (3) off-site consultation, and (4) cross-site

consultation. Emphasis will be placed on intermediate sanctions for

handling juveniles involved in drug-related offenses and gang

activities. In addition, the project will examine appropriate use of

juvenile records in adult court proceedings, including an examination

of State laws and practices.

The current grantee, the National Center for Juvenile Justice, will

implement the program. No additional applications will be solicited in

Fiscal Year 1994.

Due Process Advocacy Program Development, $250,000

In Fiscal Year 1993, OJJDP funded the American Bar Association

(ABA), in partnership with the Juvenile Law Center (JLC) of

Philadelphia, PA and the Youth Law Center (YLC) of San Francisco, CA,

to develop a due process advocacy program strategy. The goals of the

program are to increase juvenile offenders' access to legal services;

and to improve the quality of pre-adjudication, adjudication, and

dispositional advocacy for juvenile offenders.

These strategies will be made available to state and local bar

associations and other relevant organizations so that they can develop

approaches to increase the availability and quality of counsel for

juveniles. The ABA and its partners (JLC and YLC) will assess the

current state-of-the-art with regard to legal services, training and

education, develop strategies to improve access, availability and the

quality of counsel and provide a comprehensive report on these issues.

During the second funding cycle, training materials will be developed

and tested in selected sites. Training materials will be adjusted based

on the experience in the test sites and a dissemination strategy will

be developed. The ABA will develop mechanisms for networking with legal

service providers such as public defender offices and Children's Law

Centers. Fiscal Year 1994 funding will support the first six months of

the total second year budget of this three year effort. An additional

$250,000 will be provided from Fiscal Year 1995 funds for the remaining

six months of the second year. No new applications will be solicited.

Training in Cultural Differences for Law Enforcement/Juvenile Justice

Officials, $150,000

The project will complete, test, implement, and provide for the

dissemination and juvenile justice system utilization of, a cultural

diversity training curriculum. The curriculum will be designed to serve

the training of trainers in the police/juvenile justice field, and will

respond to the unique needs of the major components of the juvenile

justice system. Thus, it is expected that training modules and

supportive materials will be oriented to cover the aspects of cultural/

ethnic diversity particularly relevant to law enforcement, detention

staff, probation officers, judges, institutional personnel, aftercare

workers, and others involved in the various juvenile justice processes.

An award for the current phase of the project will be made to the

present grantee, the American Correctional Association. No new

applicants will be invited.

Bootcamps for Juvenile Offenders: Constructive Intervention and Early

Support, $550,000

During Fiscal Year 1991, and after an extensive competitive review

process, OJJDP selected and funded three jurisdictions to participate

in the Bootcamp for Juvenile Offenders program. The program is designed

to create an alternative intermediate-sanction program for non-violent

juvenile offenders under the age of 18. The program is also designed to

emphasize discipline, treatment and work in a military-style bootcamp

program. These programs are also participating in an independent,

national evaluation to document the process and impact of the program.

OJJDP will use funds transferred from the Bureau of Justice

Assistance (BJA) to provide a limited amount of supplemental funds to

three currently Federally funded Bootcamp programs in a military-style

bootcamp program based on their assessed needs. No new applications

will be solicited in Fiscal Year 1994.

Comprehensive Gang Initiative, $500,000

In 1992, the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) introduced the

Comprehensive Gang Initiative. Funding for the Fiscal Year 1994

initiative will be a joint effort by BJA and OJJDP (OJJDP would

transfer $500,000 to BJA to support this effort). The Police Executive

Research Forum (PERF) has developed a model comprehensive approach to

gang issues, which carefully balances initiatives for prevention,

intervention and suppression. The model encompasses strategies which

bring together cooperative and coordinated efforts of the police, other

criminal justice agencies, human services providers and community

programs. In addition to a prototype, PERF has developed a training

curriculum and a program for providing technical assistance to model

demonstration sites. The first four competitively selected

demonstration sites were being funded during Fiscal Year 1993 and

technical assistance was provided by PERF. Four additional sites will

be funded in Fiscal Year 1994 through a competitive process.

Applications would be solicited by BJA.

Missing Children

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children/Resource, $3,600,000

This grant will fund the National Center for Missing and Exploited

Children to continue to provide the functions of a national resource

center and clearinghouse on matters relevant to and required by Title

IV--the Missing Children's Assistance Act. No additional applications

will be solicited in Fiscal Year 1994.

Training and Technical Assistance for Nonprofit Missing and Exploited

Children's Organizations, $250,000

This program will provide technical assistance and training to

improve the capacity of nonprofit community-based missing children's

organizations to engage in activities which will successfully prevent

the abduction and sexual exploitation of children, assist in the

recovery of children, and provide services to child victims and their

families.

The program will be implemented by the current grantee, the

National Victim Center, Arlington, Virginia. No additional applications

will be solicited in Fiscal Year 1994.

Model Treatment and Services Approaches for Mental Health Professionals

Working With Families of Missing Children, $200,000

The project's goals are to provide mental health personnel with

effective treatment approaches and for the rehabilitation of families

traumatized by child abduction and faced with reestablishing a state of

normalcy in its aftermath. The current grantee is the Western Center

for Child Protection, Reno, Nevada. No additional applications will be

solicited in Fiscal Year 1994.

Obstacles to Recovery and Return of Parentally Abducted Children:

Training, Technical Assistance, $250,000

The American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law, Fund

for Justice and Education, recently completed two years of research

that showed there are significant obstacles to location, recovery, and

return of parentally abducted children. This project will attempt to

alleviate some of these identified problems by developing products

useful to the field, including continuing professional education and

model statutes. No additional applications will be solicited in Fiscal

Year 1994.

Development and Expansion of the Child Find Mediation Program to Locate

Missing and Exploited Children and Prevent Child Abduction, $75,000

This program is designed to expand mediation program services to

prevent parental abductions by increasing the level of awareness of the

problem through public service announcements and programs targeting

human resources, social service, health care professionals, and the

clergy. Additional training will be provided for core mediators and

Child Find staff in dispute resolution processes. No additional

applications will be solicited in Fiscal Year 1994.

ECHO Program Expansion Assistance, $19,538

The purpose of this project is to enable the Exploited Children's

Help Organization (ECHO) of Louisville, Kentucky, to expand existing

services to missing and exploited children and their families. These

services include community education and prevention; a quarterly

newsletter providing information about missing and exploited children

and the services available through ECHO; a parents support program; and

the ``Kids in Court'' program. In cooperation with local police, ECHO

will compile information about repeat runaways in order to develop a

community runaway prevention program. No additional applications will

be solicited in Fiscal Year 1994.

Missing and Exploited Children Comprehensive Action Plan (M/CAP),

$999,905

The Missing and Exploited Children Comprehensive Action Program (M/

CAP) is a multi-agency community action program. The grantee is Public

Administration Services, McLean Virginia. The primary program activity

is to provide training and technical assistance to help communities

plan responses to priority missing and exploited children issues. The

program provides programmatic, policy, and procedural approaches, and

assists multi-agency community organizations to plan and deliver

services in a more cooperative and responsive manner. No additional

applications will be solicited in Fiscal Year 1994.

Funding Support for Private Non-profit Organizations Involved with

Missing and Exploited Children, $70,500

The purpose of this project is to continue the implementation of an

in-house information storage and retrieval system. This will enable the

Vanished Children's Alliance of San Jose, California to increase the

efficiency of its direct services to families affected by the loss of

their children, provide information to law enforcement, and other

service providers in a more timely manner, provide more direct

counseling and technical assistance to missing children and their

families upon recovery, develop effective services for families of

long-term missing children, and enhance Vanished Children's Alliance's

crisis intervention and referral systems. No additional applications

will be solicited in Fiscal Year 1994.

Investigative Case Management of Missing Children Homicides, $150,000

The purpose of this project is to analyze up to 400 missing

children homicide cases in order to identify, assess, test,

demonstrate, and then describe the investigative practices that will

most effectively solve missing and abducted children murder

investigations.

The program development and activity will be carried out by the

State of Washington Attorney General's Office, Criminal Investigation

Division, and that Office's Homicide Investigation Tracking System

(HITS), in collaboration with the National Center for Missing and

Exploited Children (NCMEC) and NCMEC's cadre of volunteer

investigators--America's Law Enforcement Retiree Team (ALERT). The

products of the three-year project will be a child homicide

investigative resource guide and a national law enforcement training

and technical assistance program to aid local, State, and Federal

agencies investigating missing children homicides. No additional

applications will be solicited in Fiscal Year 1994.

Missing Children Data Archive, $50,000

OJJDP is committed to making publicly available all data sets

produced from the Missing Children research programs. To do so, the

research data files should be configured into a readily understandable

data file with complete documentation. OJJDP has signed an Interagency

Agreement with the University of Michigan for just such preparation and

archiving of the data sets. Specifically, the University of Michigan

will prepare the data and the documentation to conform to generally

accepted standards for electronic data. In this way, the data will be

more readily accessible for secondary analysis by policy analysts and

researchers. During the past fiscal year, this project prepared the

data from OJJDP's ``National Study of Law Enforcement Agencies'

Policies Regarding Missing Children and Homeless Youth.'' Previously,

this project also prepared and distributed OJJDP's first ``National

Incident Study of Missing, Abducted, Runaway, and Thrownaway Children''

(NISMART). In the coming year, OJJDP anticipates preparing the

following data sets: ``Families of Missing Children: Psychological

Consequences and Promising Interventions,'' and ``Obstacles to the

Recovery and Return of Parentally Abducted Children.''

Remember, They're Children: Using Video to Train Law Enforcement

Personnel, $200,000

The purpose of the project is to minimize the negative impact of

law enforcement investigative procedures on maltreated children. This

will be accomplished through the intensive development and innovative

dissemination to law enforcement personnel of a comprehensive video

training curriculum designed to improve investigative responses to

child victims of maltreatment.

The National Child Welfare Resource Center will provide small- and

medium-sized departments with the resources (video curriculum,

dissemination avenues, national guidebooks, and other materials) to

train and support their staff on how to conduct effective but

nontraumatizing child abuse investigations. No additional applications

will be solicited in Fiscal Year 1994.

National Alzheimer's Patient Alert Program: Safe Return,* $650,000

This project supports the establishment of a national program to

facilitate the identification and safe return of missing persons

afflicted with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. The goals of

this project are: (1) To develop a central registry of computerized

information on memory-impaired persons and a national toll-free

telephone line to access the registry; (2) to create an identification

system using ID jewelry and clothing labels, purchased and distributed

through a central service; and (3) to produce educational materials for

use and distribution by participating chapters of the Alzheimer's

Disease and Related Disorders Association. No additional applications

will be solicited in Fiscal Year 1994.

Discussion of Comments

OJJDP published its proposed Comprehensive Plan for Fiscal Year

1994 in the Federal Register on March 31, 1994, 57 FR 53339, for a 45-

day period of public comment. The Office received 65 letters commenting

on the proposed plan. All comments have been considered in the

development of the Final Comprehensive Plan for Fiscal Year 1994.

The majority of the letters OJJDP received provided positive

comments about the overall plan and its programs.

The following is a summary of the substantive comments and the

responses by OJJDP. Unless otherwise indicated, each comment was made

by a single respondent.

Comment: Seven responses were received advocating continuation

funding for two recipients of the Law-Related Education (LRE) in

Juvenile Justice Settings program, the American Correctional

Association in collaboration with the New York State Division for Youth

and the Juvenile Justice Trainer's Association, and Virginia

Commonwealth University in collaboration with the Virginia Institute

for Law and Citizenship Studies.

Response: These programs were designed and funded as one year

projects. Consequently, current recipients for this program will not be

eligible for continuation funding.

Comment: A respondent commenting on the proposed

``Telecommunications Assistance'' initiative indicated that the RFP

should carefully define ``fiber optics.''

Response: The term ``fiber optics'', will no longer be used in the

RFP.

Comment: Three responses were received supporting the National

Juvenile Detention Association's development of a training curriculum

for juvenile detention center care givers.

Response: The National Juvenile Detention Association's efforts can

become an integral part of the new solicitation in support of training

line staff in both juvenile detention and juvenile corrections.

Comment: Several respondents identified the following initiatives

as worthy of funding and ones in which the field considered critical:

Training for Line Staff in Juvenile Detention and Corrections;

Marketing the Conditions of Confinement Study; Conditions of

Confinement Follow-Up--Performance Standards; Telecommunications

Assistance; and Training and Technical Support for State and Local

Jurisdiction Teams to Focus on Juvenile Corrections and Detention

Crowding.

Response: The final program plan contains each of the

aforementioned initiatives.

Comment: A respondent expressed strong support for the Yale Child

Study Center/New Haven Department of Police Service Child-Centered

Community-Policing'' Program.

Response: OJJDP recognizes the potential value of the Child-

Centered Community-Policing Program model developed by the Yale mental

health professionals in collaboration with the New Haven Police

Department. Funding will be provided for replication of the Yale/New

Haven model in other jurisdictions.

Comment: Eight comments were received indicating specific or

general support for a National Juvenile Justice and Delinquency

Prevention Training and Technical Assistance Center. One of the

respondents, while expressing support, cautioned against possible

overlap between activities of the Center, other grantees/contractors,

and OJJDP staff.

Response: The Office proposes to support the development of a

Center that will eliminate, rather than create, duplication of effort

by addressing training/technical assistance tasks and areas beyond the

normal scope of coverage by individual grantees or contractors. Multi-

disciplinary programs and training of trainers programs are examples of

projects to be undertaken by the center.

Comment: Three comments were submitted recommending OJJDP support

for juvenile restitution programs in the context of the currently

funded Balanced and Restorative Justice Project. One respondent

suggested an increased allocation for this continuation project, and

two suggested restoration of the funding level established prior to a

50% budget reduction imposed on the project in Fiscal Year 1993.

Response: OJJDP supports the Balanced and Restorative Justice

Project. The proposed Fiscal Year 1994 funding for this project

reflects the projected third year funding level and restoration of 50%

of the amount by which the funding level was reduced in Fiscal Year

1993.

Comment: A comment was received advising against the expenditure of

OJJDP funds to address the violence content in mass media. Another

respondent suggested that OJJDP include partnership opportunities with

community-based organizations as part of the requirements for any

proposed Media Violence program. A third respondent recommended that

the Media Violence program develop information for parents, teachers

groups, youth serving organizations, youth groups and community

organizations about the relationship between media violence and

aggressive behavior, and that seed-money grants be awarded.

Response: While OJJDP disagrees with the first respondent, no

funding related to media violence reduction is included in the final

program plan. This is due principally to the limited budget of OJJDP

and the fact that a variety of agencies and organizations are examining

this issue. Partnerships with community-based organizations are

anticipated as a part of any future OJJDP Media Violence program

initiative. The anticipated program approach to Media Violence would

have provided for development and dissemination of user-friendly

information, to the groups identified, on the relationship between

media violence and aggressive behavior of children.

Comment: A respondent supported the Professional Development for

Youth Workers Program, recommending that training of youth workers

should be an OJJDP priority and urging that existing training programs

offered by community-based youth serving organizations be used, and

that these organizations be involved in development of curricula for

several program settings. This respondent also encouraged OJJDP to

utilize the resources of existing community-based agencies in enhancing

safety of children through sub-contracts with community-based

organizations for after-school activities.

Response: The Professional Development for Youth Workers Program is

completing its second year of funding. OJJDP anticipates testing the

curriculum in several community-based settings. A broad base of

community-based youth serving organizations have been involved in the

implementation of this program from the outset. The curriculum has been

developed with their assistance through an advisory committee, working

groups, and using a survey of needs and training programs conducted

during the first year of implementation. In response to the suggestion

that community-based youth serving organizations be used on a

contractual basis to provide safe havens for school children, the

National School Safety Center is not tasked to provide such services.

The Center provides training and technical assistance to local schools

and school districts to assist them to formulate plans and support

activities that enhance school safety.

Comment: A respondent supported OJJDP's continued support for the

National Network of Children's Advocacy Centers, urging a focus on

child sexual-assault-focused models in the program ``Models of

Effective Court Based Service Delivery to Children and Their

Families''.

Response: OJJDP appreciates support for the National Network of

Children's Advocacy Centers training program. We have passed this

suggestion along to the Network for their consideration.

Comment: A commentor was concerned that no support for

``dissertation programs'' was included in the Plan. This respondent

noted that such grants encourage graduate students to pursue research

in the area of juvenile justice. In addition, it was pointed out that a

considerable amount of in-kind contributions are provided by

universities for these types of projects.

Response: In past years, OJJDP has provided limited funds for

Graduate and Summer Research Fellowships. However, this is not a

priority area for Fiscal Year 1994. The National Institute of Justice

(NIJ) provides Research Fellowship opportunities, including juvenile

justice research. The National Criminal Justice Reference Service

(NCJRS) 1-800-851-3420 will provide NIJ's FY 94-95 Program Plan upon

request.

Comment: One commentor praised the nature of the comprehensive

Program Plan and commended the five key principals as outlined in the

Comprehensive Strategy section. The respondent suggested that OJJDP

clearly state that secure facilities must be used when necessary to

assure public safety.

Response: OJJDP's A Comprehensive Strategy for Serious, Violent,

and Chronic Juvenile Offenders clearly states the need to provide

secure facilities in order to protect the public safety.

Comment: One commentor expressed support for the Field Initiated

Research Program and looks forward to reviewing the results of the

research.

Response: The innovative research applications submitted for the

Field Initiated Research Program have historically produced projects or

relevant research topics that would not otherwise be addressed.

Comment: Another respondent expressed support for the Field

Initiated Research Program, violence studies and the female offenders

project, but believes that these programs should receive greater

funding levels.

Response: OJJDP agrees that the programs should receive greater

funding. However, due to funding constraints, expansion is not possible

at this time.

Comment: One respondent expressed concern that most of the program

funds for Fiscal Year 1994 has either already been allocated, or the

allocation is geared toward governmental agencies that already exist.

This respondent felt that collaborative programming that include

technical assistance from governmental agencies to non-profit service

providers who are already working with youth is the solution to

programs for at-risk youth who feel alienated.

Response: OJJDP believes there are adequate opportunities for non-

profit community-based organizations to compete for available new

program funds. OJJDP has always supported collaborative efforts between

public and private agencies. Training and technical assistance support

for public and private non-profit agencies have been included in the

program plan.

Comment: Twelve respondents expressed support to the proposed

program ``To Promote Alternative Programs for Juvenile Female

Offenders.'' The respondents represented a broad range of

professionals, including detention administrators, juvenile court

service officials, youth service workers, members of major youth

related associations, and community-based program youth care givers and

administrators. The respondents viewed the program as a needed first

step in addressing the special needs of females in the juvenile system.

Several expressed concern that the requirements (planning, initial

development and implementation) for such a comprehensive service

program could be accomplished within the designated time and budget.

OJJDP was urged to define the at-risk female population to be served

and to expand the funding period and increase the allocation. One

respondent more narrowly questioned the benefits of OJJDP's

coordination with the Bureau of Prisons and the Women's Bureau,

Department of Labor to female adolescents in the juvenile system.

Response: OJJDP recognizes the importance of a program to address

the unique needs of females in the juvenile justice system. As an

increasing number of females are entering the juvenile justice system,

the Fiscal Year 1994 program will address the needs of adjudicated

female juvenile offenders. OJJDP agrees that coordination with the

Bureau of Prisons and the Women's Bureau, Department of Labor, may not

enable the program to reach the targeted population. Unfortunately, due

to budget constraints the allocation has been reduced to $200,000 with

two sites funded up to $100,000 to conduct planning and developmental

activities for an innovative program to provide alternative services

for females in the juvenile justice system.

Comment: One respondent expressed concern that support for mental

health programs in the juvenile justice system was inadequate.

Response: OJJDP recognizes the need to improve mental health

services for juveniles. In FY94, it will provide technical assistance

monies for seven states to develop comprehensive, coordinated and

collaborative strategic plans for addressing the mental health needs of

persons within the justice system. It will also convene a meeting of

national and state leaders to determine what steps should be taken to

encourage States to assess their current practices with juveniles and

move toward collaborative planning with mental health and other social

services. OJJDP recognizes that the $100,000 allocated will have a

limited impact and is moving ahead with plans in FY 95 to co-sponsor

other federal initiatives in this area with the Center for Mental

Health Services (HHS, SAMSA the Office of Special Education Programs

(OSEP) in the Department of Education.

Comment: A respondent would prefer that OJJDP shift its emphasis

toward funding direct service programs whose success could be evaluated

and disseminated for replication. The respondent would like to see

additional funds allocated for program development.

Response: OJJDP would like to support more direct service programs.

Some of the new and continuation programs will support direct services

and others in the early stages of development would lead to direct

service initiatives. One such program is the Serious and Violent

Offender Program which currently funds two sites to conduct planning

and program development. This program development effort is being

supported by a grant to the National Council and Crime and Delinquency

(NCCD), which has identified several promising programs that can be

adapted and developed in new sites. OJJDP also funds Title V--Incentive

Grants for Local Delinquency Prevention Programs through the States to

local units of government to support direct service delinquency

prevention. In Fiscal Year 1994, $13 million was appropriated for this

program.

Comment: A respondent expressed concern that the Integrated Gang

Program may not focus on smaller communities.

Response: The limited funds for the Integrated Gang Program will be

focused on both chronic and emerging gang cities. OJJDP is still

working on the details of the program design. OJJDP appreciates the

respondents concern with regard to gangs in smaller cities and will

take this into consideration in developing the guideline.

Comment: A respondent representing five pilot states funded to

address the issue of minority over-representation in secure confinement

facilities commented that the Program Plan did not take into account

research findings when identifying activities appropriate for the

minority over-representation initiative. The respondent suggest

additional criteria for selecting programs for funding.

Response: OJJDP will give the suggested criteria serious

consideration in drafting the program announcement.

Comments: One respondent expressed concern regarding OJJDP's

support for bootcamp programs, asserting a lack of evidence of positive

effects.

Response: Interest in the use of bootcamp programs for the

prevention and treatment of juvenile delinquency continues to increase.

In September 1991, three pilot projects were funded by OJJDP and are

currently participating in a process and impact evaluation. Preliminary

results should be available in early 1995 and the scheduled completion

of the study is early 1996. This evaluation report will be published

and OJJDP will use the information in making determinations regarding

future program efforts.

Comment: Four respondents expressed support for family

strengthening programs. The respondents recommended that OJJDP in

finalizing family strengthening guidelines for Fiscal Year 1994. OJJDP

consider: (1) Increasing the number of language-minority organizations

and cities with significant minority-language populations that receive

funding; (2) including state agencies that are serving disadvantaged

and high-risk non-English speaking families; (3) encouraging

competitive proposals offering programs focused on children at risk as

a result of divorce; (4) inviting proposals that seek to reduce risks

of children of divorced families by addressing the judicial process;

(5) assisting research and demonstration programs that utilize

mediation and other therapeutic approaches with families and in

divorces involving underage children; and (6) ``comprehensive family

strengthening programs'' focusing on family violence.

Response: OJJDP will consider these constructive recommendations in

developing a program strategy in support of family strengthening. As a

result of required redirection of funding initially set aside for

family strengthening initiatives, OJJDP will be unable to support the

development of new programs in this area. The Office will encourage

existing programs to enhance family-strengthening components during

Fiscal Year 1994 and target the development of new family strengthening

programs for Fiscal Year 1995.

Comment: A respondent questioned the adequacy of studying the

process by which male minority youth enter the juvenile justice system

as a means of addressing the critical issue of disproportionate

minority representation. The respondent recommended review of our

child-rearing, educational, and socialization processes.

Response: It is essential to understand the factors that influence

delinquent behavior. The importance of the family and core social

institutions in preventing delinquency lies at the heart of OJJDP's

Comprehensive Strategy for Serious, Violent and Chronic Juvenile

Offenders. In Fiscal Year 1994, under Title V, $13 million was

appropriated for planning and implementing programs that enhance

protective factors against delinquent behavior at key points during a

youth's development. OJJDP is committed to reducing disproportionate

minority confinement. States are required under the Formula Grants

Program to determine the extent of this overrepresentation to design

strategies to reduce the problem where it exists. In Fiscal Year 1994,

$600,000 will be made available to States for demonstration projects

that will reduce overrepresentation of juveniles in secure detention or

correctional facilities.

Comment: A respondent expressed a concern that the program plan

does not provide funding for innovative community rehabilitation and

aftercare programs.

Response: The plan includes funds for new community-based

alternatives program. Communities refocusing their resources to address

serious, violent and chronic juvenile offenders will be assisted to

develop and implement programs that combine accountability with

treatment and rehabilitative services. A special emphasis has been

placed on promoting alternative programs for female offenders. Funds

have been allocated to continue support for an intensive community-

based aftercare program.

Comment: A respondent recommended support for delinquency

prevention and intervention programs in rural areas.

Response: Rural areas are eligible to apply for funding under

OJJDP's Title V Delinquency Prevention Program. Under Title V, $13

million will be awarded to the States on a formula basis and States

will subgrant through a competitive process. To be eligible to apply

for Title V funding a locality must: (1) Receive a certification of

compliance with the JJDP Act Formula Grants mandates from the State

Advisory Group; (2) convene or designate a prevention policy board, (3)

submit a three-year comprehensive delinquency prevention plan.

Comment: One respondent expressed concern about a lack of focus

given on vocational education and training.

Response: Vocational training and education is a key component of

successful juvenile justice programs. Accordingly, it is built in as a

vital component of several OJJDP initiatives. The Serious, Violent, and

Chronic Juvenile Offender Treatment Program which supports

implementation of a comprehensive continuum of care for juvenile

offenders includes vocational training and education. The Intensive

Community-Based Aftercare Demonstration Program places a heavy emphasis

on job training and placement. Vocational education and training is the

key component of the Department of Justice and the Department of

Interior's joint Youth Environmental Service Program for juvenile

offenders, which supports environmental conservation work programs on

Federal lands.

Comment: A respondent urged OJJDP to continue its concern with

substance abusing youth in the juvenile justice system.

Response: Several OJJDP programs have substance abuse treatment as

key components. The Native American Alternative Community-Based Program

includes substance abuse treatment. The Serious, Violent, and Chronic

Juvenile Offender Program which supports implementation of a

comprehensive continuum of care for juvenile offenders includes

substance abuse identification and treatment as key program components.

The Youth Environmental Service Program, a joint initiative of the

Departments of Justice and Interior includes a substance abuse

counseling component.

Comment: One correspondent noted the lengthy interval between

planning, training, and implementation in Title V.

Response: Title V of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency

Prevention Act requires that a three-year comprehensive plan establish

the foundation for a community's strategy for delinquency prevention.

This is essential to ensuring that programs and activities target the

root causes of delinquency. Many communities already have such a

planning process in place.

In those communities where such a planning process is just

beginning training will be provided. While Title V requires approval of

a local three-year plan prior to funding, other sources of funds are

available to meet a locality's needs in the interim. Formula Grants

under Title II provide a means for a State to meet these needs as part

of its plan.

Comment: A respondent recommends that the matching requirement

provide a decreasing level of Federal support as programs demonstrate

their effectiveness in prevention.

Response: Title V requires that units of local government or the

State provide a 50 percent match of the amount of the grant, including

in-kind contributions. This provision provides flexibility between the

State and the units of local government in determining the source of

the match, provided that the match requirement does not exceed 50

percent for any unit of local government.

Comment: A correspondent believes preference should be accorded

applicants reflecting regional coordination.

Response: Each State determines the approach it deems appropriate

for its governmental structure. Combinations of units of local

government are eligible to apply for Title V funds.

John J. Wilson,

Acting Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency

Prevention.

[FR Doc. 94-16996 Filed 07-13-94; 8:45 am]

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